Mireille Morisson

TL;DR: The duck genome sequence and deep transcriptome analyses are presented and it is shown how the duck's defense mechanisms against influenza infection have been optimized through the diversification of its β-defensin and butyrophilin-like repertoires.

TL;DR: A new version of the chicken genome assembly is presented, built from combined long single molecule sequencing technology, finished BACs, and improved physical maps, and revisited the question of what genes are missing in the avian lineage, and found that a large fraction of the original set of missing genes are still absent in sequenced bird species.

TL;DR: It is shown that a species-specific difference in host protein ANP32A accounts for the suboptimal function of avian virus polymerase in mammalian cells and is a candidate host target for novel antivirals.

TL;DR: Citation for published version: Schmid, M, Nanda, I, Hoehn, H, Schartl,M, Haaf, T, Buerstedde, J-M, Arakawa, H and Weigend, S 2005, 'Second report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2005', Cytogenetic and Genome Research, vol.

TL;DR: Observations suggest that OCX-36 is a novel and specific chicken eggshell protein related to the superfamily of lipopolysaccharide-binding proteins/bactericidal permeability-increasing proteins and Plunc proteins and may participate in natural defense mechanisms that keep the egg free of pathogens.