| 1 | Comparative evaluation of bioinformatic tools for virus-host prediction and their application to a highly diverse community in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Mexico | Coautor: Becerra A., Cisneros-Martínez A.M., Rodriguez-Cruz U.E., Alcaraz L.D., et al. | 2024 | PLOS ONE | WoS-id: 001158449800024
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85183807776
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| 2 | A New View of the Last Universal Common Ancestor | 2ᵒ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Goldman A.D. | 2024 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 001288049000001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85200943884
| 1 | 1 |
| 3 | RNA or DNA? Revisiting the Chemical Nature of the Cenancestral Genome | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Cottom-Salas W., Lazcano A. | 2024 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 001291219500001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85201293453
| 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Introduction to the Special Issue on Early Evolution and the Last Common Ancestor | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra, A, Goldman, AD | 2024 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 001316347200001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85204647315
| 0 | 0 |
| 5 | The Fate of Duplicated Enzymes in Prokaryotes: The Case of Isomerases | 2ᵒ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Álvarez-Lugo A. | 2023 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000905880200001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85145170142
| 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Two short low complexity regions (LCRs) are hallmark sequences of the Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant spike protein | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Muñoz-Velasco I., Aguilar-Camara, Abelardo, Cottom-Salas, Wolfgang, et al. | 2022 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | WoS-id: 000744120000059
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85123072020
| 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Reconstructing the Last Common Ancestor: Epistemological and Empirical Challenges | Coautor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra, Arturo, Estrada, Amadeo, Suarez-Diaz, Edna | 2022 | ACTA BIOTHEORETICA | WoS-id: 000796524300001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85130767225
| 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Structural Analysis of Monomeric RNA-Dependent Polymerases Revisited | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Jacome, Rodrigo, Campillo-Balderas, Jose Alberto, Lazcano, Antonio | 2022 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000803770600001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85131648591
| 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Subtle structural differences of nucleotide analogs may impact SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and exoribonuclease activity | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Madariaga-Mazon, Abraham, Naveja, Jose J., Alberto Campillo-Balderas, Jose, et al. | 2022 | Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal | WoS-id: 000875635800009
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85138454866
| 1 | 1 |
| 10 | The Semi-Enzymatic Origin of Metabolic Pathways: Inferring a Very Early Stage of the Evolution of Life | 1ᵉʳ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra, Arturo | 2021 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000612246000001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85099948978
| 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Structural analysis of viral ExoN domains reveals polyphyletic hijacking events | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Cruz-Gonzalez, Adrian, Muñoz-Velasco I., Cottom-Salas, Wolfgang, et al. | 2021 | PLOS ONE | WoS-id: 000630345000030
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85102737129
| 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Holocene life and microbiome profiling in ancient tropical Lake Chalco, Mexico | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Moguel, Barbara, Perez, Liseth, Alcaraz, Luis D., et al. | 2021 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | WoS-id: 000672616000018
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85110981947
| 8 | 8 |
| 13 | The Role of Gene Duplication in the Divergence of Enzyme Function: A Comparative Approach | 2ᵒ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Álvarez-Lugo A. | 2021 | Frontiers in Genetics | WoS-id: 000679040400001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85111614014
| 7 | 9 |
| 14 | Ancient gene duplications in RNA viruses revealed by protein tertiary structure comparisons | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Cisneros-Martinez, Alejandro Miguel, Lazcano, Antonio | 2021 | Virus Evolution | WoS-id: 000702030600016
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85110280773
| 5 | 4 |
| 15 | Repetitive DNA profile of the amphibian mitogenome | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Cabanas, Noel, ROMERO, DAVID, Govezensky, Tzipe, et al. | 2020 | Bmc Bioinformatics | WoS-id: 000536772900003
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85084965513
| 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Sofosbuvir as a potential alternative to treat the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Jacome, Rodrigo, Alberto Campillo-Balderas, Jose, PONCE DE LEON, SAMUEL, et al. | 2020 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | WoS-id: 000543956000032
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85086163993
| 69 | 72 |
| 17 | Phylogeny, evolution, and potential ecological relationship of cytochrome CYP52 enzymes in Saccharomycetales yeasts | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra-Bracho, Arturo, Ortiz-Alvarez, Jossue, Mendez-Tenorio, Alfonso, Murcia-Garzon, Jazmin, et al. | 2020 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | WoS-id: 000546711700018
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85087063299
| 7 | 8 |
| 18 | Alarmones as Vestiges of a Bygone RNA World | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Hernandez-Morales, Ricardo, Lazcano, Antonio | 2019 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000457530700006
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85059453441
| 17 | 17 |
| 19 | On the Early Evolution of Catabolic Pathways: A Comparative Genomics Approach. I. The Cases of Glucose, Ribose, and the Nucleobases Catabolic Routes | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Rivas, Mario, Lazcano, Antonio | 2018 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000424055600003
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85035767497
| 8 | 8 |
| 20 | Structure, function and evolution of the hemerythrin-like domain superfamily | Coautor: Becerra A., Alvarez-Carreño C., Alva V., Lazcano A. | 2018 | PROTEIN SCIENCE | WoS-id: 000428343800004
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85041110168
| 31 | 31 |
| 21 | Evolutionary convergence in the biosyntheses of the imidazole moieties of histidine and purines | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Vazquez-Salazar, Alberto, Lazcano, Antonio | 2018 | PLOS ONE | WoS-id: 000431007600066
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85046029746
| 37 | 36 |
| 22 | Methanogenesis on Early Stages of Life: Ancient but Not Primordial | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Munoz-Velasco, Israel, Garcia-Ferris, Carlos, Hernandez-Morales, Ricardo, et al. | 2018 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000464897900004
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85059660919
| 13 | 12 |
| 23 | Can an Imidazole Be Formed from an Alanyl-Seryl-Glycine Tripeptide under Possible Prebiotic Conditions? | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Vazquez-Salazar, Alberto, Tan, George, Stockton, Amanda, et al. | 2017 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000411122900010
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84992029143
| 12 | 13 |
| 24 | Molecular Analysis Confirms that FKRP -Related Disorders are Underdiagnosed in Mexican Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases | Coautor: Becerra, Arturo, Jose Navarro-Cobos, Maria, Gonzalez-del Angel, Ariadna, Estandia-Ortega, Bernardette, et al. | 2017 | Neuropediatrics | WoS-id: 000414960600006
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-85032391048
| 5 | 4 |
| 25 | THE UNIVERSAL ANCESTOR AN UNFINISHED RECONSTRUCTION | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Delaye, Luis | 2016 | METODE SCIENCE STUDIES JOURNAL | WoS-id: 000374968400020
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84971667682
| 2 | 2 |
| 26 | DNA structure and architecture in the chromosome and plasmid of hyperthermophilic organisms, a theoretical approach | 2ᵒ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra, Arturo, Vazquez, Hector G. | 2016 | BOLETIN DE LA SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA | WoS-id: 000377638500015
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84964754292
| 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Molecular Evolution of the Oxygen-Binding Hemerythrin Domain | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, Arturo, Alvarez-Carreno, Claudia, Lazcano, Antonio | 2016 | PLOS ONE | WoS-id: 000378389200062
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84976599683
| 27 | 25 |
| 28 | Structural analysis of monomeric RNA- dependent polymerases: Evolutionary and therapeutic implications | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Jacome, R, de Leon, SP, Lazcano, A | 2015 | PLOS ONE | WoS-id: 000361797500132
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84946962543
| 69 | 72 |
| 29 | Viral genome size distribution does not correlate with the antiquity of the host lineages | Coautor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Campillo-Balderas J.A., Lazcano A. | 2015 | Frontiers In Ecology And Evolution | WoS-id: 000485318800150
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84995488627
| 37 | 44 |
| 30 | A phylogenetic approach to the early evolution of autotrophy: the case of the reverse TCA and the reductive acetyl-CoA pathways | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra A., Rivas M., García-Ferris C., Lazcano A., et al. | 2014 | INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY | WoS-id: 000343341000004
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84907228701
| 24 | 27 |
| 31 | Low complexity regions (LCRs) contribute to the hypervariability of the HIV-1 gp120 protein | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Velasco, AM, Hernández-Morales R., Delaye L., et al. | 2013 | JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY | WoS-id: 000326610400008
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84884697130
| 10 | 9 |
| 32 | Norvaline and Norleucine May Have Been More Abundant Protein Components during Early Stages of Cell Evolution | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Alvarez-Carreno, C, Lazcano, A | 2013 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000333204000006
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84897042561
| 21 | 22 |
| 33 | Coenzymes, viruses and the RNA world | Coautor: Becerra, A, Reyes-Prieto, F, Hernandez-Morales, R, Jacome, R, et al. | 2012 | Biochimie | WoS-id: 000305502400006
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84861586505
| 4 | 6 |
| 34 | Cenancestor, the Last Universal Common Ancestor | 2ᵒ autor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Delaye L. | 2012 | Evolution: Education and Outreach | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-84986595813
| 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Metalloproteins and the Pyrite-based Origin of Life: A Critical Assessment | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Rivas M., Peretó J., Bada J.L., et al. | 2011 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000300367300005
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-79960194074
| 1 | 3 |
| 36 | Bioinformatic analysis of P granule-related proteins: insights into germ granule evolution in nematodes | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Bezares-Calderon, LA, Salinas, LS, Maldonado, E, et al. | 2010 | DEV GENES EVOL | WoS-id: 000278900100004
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-77953870168
| 5 | 6 |
| 37 | A Primitive RNA Transition Scenario Without Cytosine and with Peptides Interacting with RNA: Implications for the Origin of the Genetic Code | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Delaye, L, Martinez-Mekler, G, Cocho, G | 2009 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000267033300100
| 0 | 0 |
| 38 | A Comparative Analyses of Different Methodologies Employed for the Reconstruction of the Gene Complement of the Last Common Ancestor | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Islas, SE, Delaye, L, Lazcano, A | 2009 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000267033300139
| 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Low Complexity in Regions in Lentiviral Proteins | Coautor: Becerra, A, Velasco, AM, Delaye, L, Lazcano, A | 2009 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000267033300153
| 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Molecular Evolution of the Interaction Between Prophage Genes and Their Prokaryotic Hosts: The Case of Sulfolobus spp | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra, A, Robles, Y, Lazcano, A | 2009 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000267033300170
| 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Composition-based methods to identify horizontal gene transfer. | Coautor: Becerra A., Cortez D., Delaye L., Lazcano A. | 2009 | Methods in Molecular Biology | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-65549131468
| 0 | 13 |
| 42 | The origin of a novel gene through overprinting in Escherichia coli | Coautor: Becerra A., Delaye L., DeLuna A., Lazcano A. | 2008 | BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | WoS-id: 000254053300001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-40949139328
| 38 | 38 |
| 43 | Evolutionary theory: it's on the school syllabus in Mexico | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Lazcano A., Peretó J. | 2008 | Nature | WoS-id: 000256415300017
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-44849091189
| 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Molecular evolution of peptide methionine sulfoxide reductases (MsrA and MsrB): On the early development of a mechanism that protects against oxidative damage | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Delaye L., Orgel L., Lazcano A. | 2007 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000243047800003
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-33845904920
| 67 | 67 |
| 45 | Loss of DNA: A plausible molecular level explanation for crustacean neuropeptide gene evolution | Coautor: Becerra A., Martínez-Pérez F., Durán-Gutiérrez D., Delaye L., et al. | 2007 | Peptides | WoS-id: 000243802500012
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-33845676606
| 9 | 9 |
| 46 | Protein disulfide oxidoreductases and the evolution of thermophily: Was the last common ancestor a heat-loving microbe? | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra A., Delaye L., Lazcano A., Orgel L.E. | 2007 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000250065600010
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-35248875651
| 14 | 16 |
| 47 | The very early stages of biological evolution and the nature of the last common ancestor of the three major cell domains | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra A., Delaye L., Islas S., Lazcano A. | 2007 | Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics | WoS-id: 000252359800015
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-34548028860
| 64 | 72 |
| 48 | Biological implementation of algorithms and unconventional computing | Coautor: Bracho A.B., Quiróz J.N.A., Flores R.B., Cisneros T.G.B., et al. | 2007 | Iet Synthetic Biology | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-34547735452
| 0 | 0 |
| 49 | The last common ancestor: What's in a name? | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Delaye L., Lazcano A. | 2005 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000235778800003
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-27644527925
| 64 | 71 |
| 50 | Comparative analysis of methodologies for the detection of horizontally transferred genes: A reassessment of first-order Markov models | Coautor y autor de correspondencia: Becerra A., Cortez D.Q., Lazcano A. | 2005 | In Silico Biology | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-33244491918
| 0 | 15 |
| 51 | Comparative genomics and the gene complement of a minimal cell | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Islas S., Luisi P.L., Lazcano A. | 2004 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000187516600022
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0842345491
| 35 | 37 |
| 52 | Cloning, expression and partial characterization of a gene encoding the S15a ribosomal protein of Taenia solium | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Jiménez L., Landa A. | 2004 | PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH | WoS-id: 000220564200010
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-1842688945
| 11 | 11 |
| 53 | Halometabolites and Cellular Dehalogenase Systems: An Evolutionary Perspective | Coautor: Becerra A., Valverde-R C., Orozco A., Jeziorski M.C., et al. | 2004 | INT REV CYTOL | WoS-id: 000221668300004
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-1942534007
| 30 | 29 |
| 54 | Erratum: Cloning, expression and partial characterization of a gene encoding the S15a ribosomal protein of Taenia solium (Parasitology Research (2003) DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1021-4) | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Jiménez L., Landa A. | 2004 | PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-1842739247
| 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Hyperthermophily and the origin and earliest evolution of life | Coautor: Becerra A., Islas S., Velasco A.M., Delaye L., et al. | 2003 | INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY | WoS-id: 000186379600002
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0141923854
| 25 | 28 |
| 56 | A possible molecular ancestor for mollusk APGWamide, insect adipokinetic hormone, and crustacean red pigment concentrating hormone | 2ᵒ autor: Becerra A., Martínez-Pérez F., Valdés J., Zinker S., et al. | 2002 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: 000175840600001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0036113727
| 13 | 17 |
| 57 | Comparative biochemistry of CO2 fixation and the evolution of autotrophy | Coautor: Becerra A., Pereló J.G., Velasco A.M., Lazcano A. | 1999 | INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY | Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0033085933
| 0 | 57 |
| 58 | The role of gene duplication in the evolution of purine nucleotide salvage pathways | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra A., Lazcano A. | 1998 | ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES | WoS-id: 000075658100014
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0032193787
| 32 | 31 |
| 59 | Polyphyletic gene losses can bias backtrack characterizations of the cenancestor. | 1ᵉʳ autor: Becerra A., Islas S., Leguina J.I., Silva E., et al. | 1997 | JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | WoS-id: A1997XN36800001
Scopus-id: 2-s2.0-0031205182
| 15 | 17 |
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