Julius Lukeš

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• Lack of evidence for the presence of plastids in the evolutionary history of kinetoplastid protists

  Folia Parasitologica · 2026-06-10

• Extensive heterozygosity and genetic exchange among natural populations of <i>Leishmania</i> species

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026-04-17

• Frequent occurrence and predicted functions of tRNAs with 4-base-pair anticodon stems in bacteria: extended superwobble hypothesis

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2026-03-30

• Developmental plasticity enables an intestinal tapeworm to adapt to dietary stress

  Nature Communications · 2026-02-20

• Angomonas deanei

  Trends in Parasitology · 2026-01-14

• The mitochondrial proteome of diplonemids: from conventional pathways to eccentric RNA editing and transcript processing

  BMC Genomics · 2025-12-11 · 1 citations

• The first RNA viruses detected in a trypanosome: novel narnaviruses and a leishmaniavirus in the gecko parasite <i>Trypanosoma platydactyli</i>Preprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-12-11

• Callunene, mitophagy, and flagellum removal in trypanosomatids

  International Journal for Parasitology · 2025-12-10

• Subcellular proteomics of the protist Paradiplonema papillatum reveals the digestive capacity of the cell membrane and the plasticity of peroxisomes across euglenozoans

  PLoS Biology · 2025-12-03

• Kinetoplast DNA structure, RNA editing patterns and small respiratory Complex I in Trypanosoma musculi

  Communications Biology · 2025-11-07

• Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host–parasite patterns

  Open Biology · 2025-11-01 · 2 citations

• Natural and artificial variations of the standard genetic code

  Current Biology · 2025-11-01 · 7 citations

• Author response for "Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host-parasite patterns"

  2025-10-09

• Splice site diversity and abundance of noncanonical introns in diplonemids (Diplonemea, Euglenozoa)

  RNA · 2025-09-30

• Translon: a single term for translated regions

  Nature Methods · 2025-09-01 · 14 citations

• Discovery of unique mitotic mechanisms in <i>Paradiplonema papillatum</i>

  Open Biology · 2025-08-01 · 7 citations

• You can go your own way: The targeting signals of trypanosomatid parasites

  PLoS Pathogens · 2025-08-01 · 2 citations

• <i>Blastocrithidia</i> —A Genetic Alien from the Planet Earth

  Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · 2025-07-28 · 2 citations

• Subcellular proteomics of <i>Paradiplonema papillatum</i> reveals digestive capacity of the cell membrane and the plasticity of peroxisomes across euglenozoansPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-07-20

• Pthirus pubis (pubic louse)

  Trends in Parasitology · 2025-06-20 · 2 citations