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    2026

  1. de Miranda Estevam, L.T.T., Kostygov, A.Y., Dutra-Rêgo, F., Martins, A.L.M., Freire, M.A., da Rocha Lima, A.C.V.M, de Avelar, D.M., Almeida, G.G., Filho, J.D.A., Yurchenko, V., Paz, G.F. Blechomonas campbelli from Ctenocephalides felis: in vitro development, thermotolerance, and phylogenetic insights. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 2026, (accepted). PMID: . doi:10.1590/0074-02760250286
  2. Gerasimov, E.S., Záhonová, K., Ishemgulova, A., Novozhilova, T.S., Kumar Mishra, S., Kraeva, N., Sádlová, J., Volf, P., Zimmer, S.L., Yurchenko, V.* Leishmania major virulence attenuation in vitro: an old conundrum revisited in the omics era. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2026, 20(5):e0014387. * Correspondent author. PMID: 42213660. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014387
  3. Frolov, A.O., Malysheva, M.N., Yurchenko, V., Kostygov, A.Y. Development of the trypanosomatid Phytomonas vermiformis in the vernal shieldbug Peribalus strictus vernalis. J. Invertebr. Pathol., 2026, 217: 108638. PMID: 42044835. PDF doi:10.1016/j.jip.2026.108638
  4. Fakih, F., Nandipati, S., Kachale, A., Heller, J., Žváček, J., Brázdovič, F., Al-Chamy, N., Tripathi, P., Paris, Z., Valášek, L.S., Kolář, M.H., Yurchenko, V., Eliáš, M., Koonin, E.V., Lukeš, J., Butenko, A. Frequent occurrence and predicted functions of tRNAs with 4-base-pair 1 anticodon stems in bacteria: extended superwobble hypothesis. Nucl. Acids Res., 2026, 54: gkag327. PMID: 42003554. PDF doi:10.1093/nar/gkag327
  5. van Geelen-Kuenzel, N.A., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Nowack, E.C.M. Angomonas deanei. Trends Parasitol., 2026, 42(4): 309-310. PMID: 41539922. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2025.12.008
  6. Saura, A., Blahout, V., Alpizar-Sosa, E.A., Wen, H., Reddy, A., Prokopchuk, G., Lukeš, J., Kubátová, T., Dehaen, W., Rimpelová, S., Kostygov, A.Y., Perlíková, P.*, Yurchenko, V.* Callunene, mitophagy, and flagellum removal in trypanosomatids. Int. J. Parasitol., 2026, 56(4): 104757. * Co-correspondent authors. (Cover paper). PMID: 41380755. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.12.002
  7. Hammond, M., Chmelová, Ľ., van Geelen-Kuenzel, N.A., Maurya, A.K., Ferreira, E.R., Puente, V., Cadena, L.R., Záhonová, K., Dowle, A., Mottram, J.C., Nowack, E.C.M.*, Lukeš, J.*, Yurchenko, V.* Subcellular proteomics reveals a blueprint for endosymbiont integration in trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei. Nature Commun., 2026, 17: 2241. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 41776170. PDF doi:10.1038/s41467-026-70084-0
  8. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Grybchuk, D., Yurchenko, V.* Hidden passengers: expanding the RNA virosphere of trypanosomatids. Trends Parasitol., 2026, 42(2): 97-101. * Co-correspondent authors. (Cover paper). PMID: 41577511. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2025.12.004
  9. Gerasimov, E.S., Valach, M., Burger, G., Záhonová, K.*, Yurchenko, V.* Assembly and annotation of kinetoplastid and diplonemid mitochondrial genomes. In: Euglenozoa: Methods and Protocols (Eds. P. Michels, M. Ginger, L.-I. McCall, A. Silber, A. Karnkowska), 2026, 3013: 132-152. ("Methods in Molecular Biology" Series v. 3013, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-0716-5141-4, Softcover ISBN 978-1-0716-5144-5, eBook ISBN 978-1-0716-5142-1, Series ISSN 1064-3745, Series E-ISSN 1940-6029). * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 41627735. PDF doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-5142-1
  10. Záhonová, K., Mandage, R., Yurchenko, V.* Nuclear genome assembly and annotation of kinetoplastids. In: Euglenozoa: Methods and Protocols (Eds. P. Michels, M. Ginger, L.-I. McCall, A. Silber, A. Karnkowska), 2026, 3013: 121-131. ("Methods in Molecular Biology" Series v. 3013, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-0716-5141-4, Softcover ISBN 978-1-0716-5144-5, eBook ISBN 978-1-0716-5142-1, Series ISSN 1064-3745, Series E-ISSN 1940-6029). * Correspondent author. PMID: 41627734. PDF doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-5142-1_8
  11. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Grybchuk, D., Klocek, D., Votýpka, J., Mendoza-Roldan, J.A., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* The first RNA viruses detected in a trypanosome. BMC Biol., 2026, 24(1): 27. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 41618309. PDF doi:10.1186/s12915-025-02497-0

    12. 2025

  12. Alpizar-Sosa, E.A., Saura, A., Fajkus, P., Poláková, E., Havlová, K., Albanaz, A.T.S., Fajkus, J., Yurchenko, V.* Leishmania mexicana telomeres at high resolution: Ku80, TERT, and alternative lengthening mechanisms. BMC Genomics, 2025, 26: 955. PMID: 41345908. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-025-12154-z
  13. Lukeš, J., Čapková Pavlíková, Z., Yurchenko, V., Paris, Z., Valášek, L.S. Blastocrithidia – a genetic alien from the planet Earth. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol. 2025, 17(12):a041868. PMID: 40721315. PDF doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a041868
  14. Votýpka, J., Jirků, M., Spodareva, V., Režnarová, J., Poloprutská, K., Pajer, P., Richards, T., Yurchenko, V., Ibáñez, R., Lukeš, J., Kostygov, A.Y. Trypanosomes in Neotropical frogs: unveiling hidden megadiversity and complex host-parasite patterns. Open Bio., 2025, 15(11): 250190. PMID: 41253277. PDF doi:10.1098/rsob.250190
  15. Świrski, M., Tierney, J., Albà, M., Andreev, D., Aspden, J., Atkins, J., Bassani-Sternberg, M., Berry, M., Biffo, S., Boris-Lawrie, K., Borodovsky, M., Brierley, I., Brook, M., Brunet, M., Bujnicki, J., Caliskan, N., Calviello, L., Carvunis, A.-R., Cate, J., Cenik, C., Chang, K.Y., Chen, Y., Chothani, S., Choudhary, J., Clark, P., Clauwaert, J., Cooley, L., Dassi, E., Dean, K., Dieterich, C., Dikstein, R., Dinman, J., Dmitriev, S., Dontsova, O., Dunham, C., Eswarappa, S., Farabaugh, P., Faridi, P., Fierro-Monti, I., Firth, A., Gatfield, D., Gebauer, F., Gray, N., Green, R., Hill, C., Hou, Y.-M., Hübner, N., Ignatova, Z., Ivanov, P., Iwasaki, S., Diaz, J.-J., Johnson, R., Jomaa, A., Jovanovic, M., Jungreis, I., Kellis, M., Kieft, J., Kochetov, A., Koonin, E., Korostelev, A., Kufel, J., Kulakovskiy, I., Kurian, L., Lafontaine, D., Larsson, O., Loughran, G., Lukeš, J., Mariotti, M., Martens-Uzunova, E., Martinez, T., Matsumoto, A., McManus, C., Medenbach, J., Melnikov, S., Menschaert, G., Merchante, C., Mikl, M., Miller, W.A., Mühlemann, O., Namy, O., Nedialkova, D., Nosek, J., Orchard, S., Ozretić, P., Pertea, M., Pervouchine, D., Romão, L., Ron, D., Roucou, X., Rubtsova, M., Ruiz-Orera, J., Saghatelian, A., Salzberg, S., Seale, L., Seoighe, C., Sergiev, P., Shah, P., Shirokikh, N., Slavoff, S., Sonenberg, N., Stasevich, T., Szczęsny, R., Tamm, T., Tchorzewski, M., Topisirovic, I., Tremblay, M., Tuller, T., Ulitsky, I., Valasek, L.S., Van Damme, P., Viero, G., Vizcaíno, J.A., Vogel, C., Wallace, E., Weissman, J., Westhof, E., Whiffin, N., Wilson, D., Xie, Z., Yewdell, J., Yordanova, M., Yu, C.-H., Yurchenko, V., Zagrovic, B., Gelfand, M., Translacore European Network, Valen, E., Baranov, P. Translon: a single term for what is translated. Nature Meth., 2025, 22: 2002-2006. PMID: 40890551. PDF doi:10.1038/s41592-025-02810-3
  16. Schoenle, A., Francis, O., Archibald, J.M. , Burki, F., de Vries, J., Dumack, K., Eme, L., Florent, I., Hehenberger, E., Hoffmeyer, T.T., Irisarri, I., Lara, E., Leger, M.M., Lukeš, J., Massana, R., Mathur, V., Nitsche, F., Strassert, J.F.H, Worden, A.Z., Yurchenko, V., del Campo, J., Waldvogel, A.-M. Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution. Trends Genet., 2025, 41(10): 868-882. PMID: 40517085. PDF doi:10.1016/j.tig.2025.05.004
  17. Hughes, H.R., Ballinger, M.J., Bao, Y., Bejerman, N., Blasdell, K.R., Briese, T., Brignone, J., Carrera, J.P., De Coninck, L., de Souza, W.M., Debat, H., Dietzgen, R.G., Dürrwald, R., Erdin, M., Fooks, A.R., Forbes, K.M., Freitas-Astúa, J., Garcia, J.B., Geoghegan, J.L., Grimwood, R.M., Horie, M., Hyndman, T.H., Johne, R., Klena, J.D., Kondo, H., Koonin, E.V., Kostygov, A.Y., Krupovic, M., Kuhn, J.H., Letko, M., Li, J.-M., Liu, Y., Martin, M.L., Mull, N., Nazar, Y., Nowotny, N., Nunes, M.R.T., Økland, A.L., Rubbenstroth, D., Russell, B.J., Schott, E., Seifert, S., Sen, C., Shedroff, E., Sironen, T., Smura, T., Dos Santos Tavares, C.P., Tesh, R.B., Tilston, N.L., Tordo, N., Vasilakis, N., Walker, P.J., Wang, F., Whitfield, A.E., Whitmer, S.L.M., Wolf, Y.I., Xia, H., Ye, G.-Y., Ye, Z., Yurchenko, V., Zhao, M., ICTV Taxonomy Summary Consortium. Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(−) viruses Subcommittee, 2025. J. Gen. Virol., 2025, 106(7): 002112. PMID: 40711815. PDF doi:10.1099/jgv.0.002112
  18. Tullume-Vergara, P., Ludwig, A., Yurchenko, V., Coelho, A., Coser, E., Krieger, M., Teixeira, M., Shaw, J., Alves, J. Comparative analysis of the mobilomes yields new insights into their diversity, dynamics and evolution in parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family. Parasitology, 2025, 152: 602-617. PMID: 40509981. PDF doi:10.1017/S0031182025100231
  19. Záhonová, K., Füssy, Z., Albanaz, A., Butenko, A., Kachale, A., Kraeva, N., Galan, A., Zakharova, A., Stojanova, B., Votýpka, J., Kostygov, A.Y., Spodareva, V., Malysheva, M.N., Frolov, A.O., Rogozin, I., Paris, Z., Valasek, L., Yurchenko, V.*, Lukeš, J.* Comparative genomic analysis of trypanosomatid protists illuminates an extensive change in the nuclear genetic code. mBio, 2025, 16(6): e0088525. * Co-correspondent authors. (Editor's pick). PMID: 40293238. PDF doi:10.1128/mbio.00885-25
  20. Galan, A., Kraeva, N., Záhonová, K., Butenko, A., Kostygov, A.Y., Paris, Z., Pergner, J., Bianchi, C., Fakih, F., Saura, A., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Converting Blastocrithidia nonstop, a trypanosomatid with non-canonical genetic code, into a genetically-tractable model. Mol. Microbiol., 2025, 123(6): 586-592. * Correspondent author. PMID: 40205788. PDF doi:10.1111/mmi.15365
  21. Wiredu-Boakye, D., Higgins, L., Gahura, O., Butenko, A., Leonard, G., Freeman, M.A., Kristmundsson, A., Moore, K., Yurchenko, V., Williams, B.A.P., Harrison, J.W., MacDonald, S., Chahwan, R. Evolutionary insights into the length variation of DNA damage response proteins across eukaryotes. Genome Biol. Evol., 2025, 17(6): evaf089. PMID: 40388363. PDF doi:10.1093/gbe/evaf089
  22. Gerasimov, E.S., Afonin, D.A., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Saura, A., Trusina, N., Gahura, O., Zakharova, A., Butenko, A., Baráth, P., Horváth, A., Opperdoes, F.R., Pérez-Morga, D., Zimmer, S.L., Lukeš, J.*, Yurchenko, V.* Evolutionary divergent kinetoplast genome structure and RNA editing patterns in the trypanosomatid Vickermania. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2025, 122(15): e2426887122. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 40203041. PDF doi:10.1073/pnas.2426887122
  23. Grybchuk, D., Kostygov, A.Y., Yurchenko, V.* Analysis of Leishbuviridae from trypanosomatids. In: Bunyaviruses: Methods and Protocols (Ed. H. Boshra), 2025, 2893: 151-167. ("Methods in Molecular Biology" Series v. 2893, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-0716-4337-2, Softcover ISBN 978-1-0716-4340-2, eBook ISBN 978-1-0716-4338-9, Series ISSN 1064-3745, Series E-ISSN 1940-6029). * Correspondent author. PMID: 39671036. PDF doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-4338-9_12

    24. 2024

  24. Kostygov, A.Y., Grybchuk, D., Heeren, S., Gerasimov, E.S., Klocek, D., Reddy, A., Sádlová, J., Pacáková, L., Kohl, A., Stejskal, F., Volf, P., Dujardin, J.-C., Yurchenko, V.* A novel strain of Leishmania braziliensis harbors not a toti- but a bunyavirus., PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2024, 18(12): e0012767. PMID: 39729426. PDF doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012767
  25. Kostygov, A.Y., Skýpalová, K., Kraeva, N., Kalita, E., McLeod, C., Yurchenko, V., Field, M.C., Lukeš, J., Butenko, A. Comprehensive analysis of the Kinetoplastea intron landscape reveals a novel intron-containing gene and the first exclusively trans-splicing eukaryote. BMC Biol., 22, 281. PMID: 39627879. PDF doi:10.1186/s12915-024-02080-z
  26. Cadena, L.R., Hammond, M., Tesařová, M., Chmelová, L′., Svobodová, M., Durante, I.M., Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J. A novel nabelschnur protein regulates segregation of the kinetoplast DNA in Trypanosoma brucei. Curr. Biol., 2024, 34: 4803-4812. PMID: 39321796. PDF doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.044
  27. Jiménez-Mejías, P. and 1,562 additional co-authors including Yurchenko, V. Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: a collective international appeal. Bioscience, 74(7): 467-472. PMID: 39156614. PDF doi:10.1093/biosci/biae043
  28. Chmelová, L′., Kraeva, N., Saura, A., Krayzel, A., Vieira, C.S., Ferreira, T.N., Soares, R.P., Bučková, B., Galan, A., Horáková, E., Vojtková, B., Sádlová, J., Malysheva, M.N., Butenko, A., Prokopchuk, G., Frolov, A.O., Lukeš, J., Horváth, A., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Feder, D., Kostygov, A.Y., Yurchenko, V.* Intricate balance of dually-localized catalase modulates infectivity of Leptomonas seymouri (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae). Int. J. Parasitol., 2024, 54: 391-400. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38663543. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.04.007
  29. Grybchuk, D., Galan, A., Klocek, D., Macedo, D.H., Wolf, Y.I., Votýpka, J., Butenko, A., Lukeš, J., Neri, U., Záhonová, K., Kostygov, A.Y., Koonin, E.V.*, Yurchenko, V.* Identification of diverse RNA viruses in Obscuromonas flagellates (Euglenozoa: Trypanosomatidae: Blastocrithidiinae). Virus Evol., 2024, 10(1): veae037. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38774311. PDF doi:10.1093/ve/veae037
  30. Afonin, D.A., Gerasimov, E.S., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Záhonová, K., Gahura, O., Albanaz, A.T.S., Myšková, E., Bykova, A., Paris, Z., Lukeš, J., Opperdoes, F.R., Horváth, A., Zimmer, S.L.*, Yurchenko, V.* Blastocrithidia nonstop mitochondrial genome and its expression are remarkably insulated from nuclear codon reassignment. Nucl. Acids Res., 2024, 52: 3870–3885. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38452217. PDF doi:10.1093/nar/gkae168
  31. Zavataro, A.L.E., Skýpalová, K., Vergara, P.O.T., Silva, F.M, Butenko, A., Yurchenko, V., Kostygov, A.Y., Alves, J.M.P. The genome of the endosymbiont-harboring trypanosomatid Kentomonas sorsogonicus. Protistology, 2024, 18(1): 72-81. PDF doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2024-18-1-7
  32. Rogozin, I.B., Saura, A., Poliakov, E., Bykova, A., Roche-Lima, A., Pavlov, Y.I., Yurchenko, V.* Properties and mechanisms of deletions, insertions, and substitutions in the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2024, 25: 3696. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38612505. PDF doi:10.3390/ijms25073696
  33. Usarov, G.X., Turitsin, V.S., Sattarova, X.G., Sádlová, J., ugli Mustanov, J.A., Saura, A., Yurchenko, V.* Phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Phlebotominae) diversity in the foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan: 50 years on. Parasitol. Res., 2024, 123: 170. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38526739. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-024-08191-4
  34. Chmelová, L′., Záhonová, K., Albanaz, A.T.S., Hrebenyk, L., Horváth, A., Yurchenko, V.*, Škodová-Sveráková, I.* Distribution and functional analysis of isocitrate dehydrogenases across kinetoplastids. Genome Biol. Evol., 2024, 16(3): evae042. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38447055. PDF doi:10.1093/gbe/evae042
  35. Opperdoes, F.R., Záhonová, K., Škodová-Sveráková, I., Bučková, B., Chmelová, L′., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* In silico prediction of the metabolism of Blastocrithidia nonstop, a trypanosomatid with non-canonical genetic code. BMC Genomics, 2024, 25(1): 184. * Correspondent author. PMID: 38365628. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10094-8
  36. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Albanaz, A.T.S., Butenko, A., Gerasimov, E.S., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* Phylogenetic framework to explore trait evolution in Trypanosomatidae. Trends Parasitol., 2024, 40(2): 96-99. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38065790. PDF doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.11.009
  37. Kostygov, A.Y.*, Chmelová, L′., Reichl, J., Jászayová, A., Votýpka, J., Fuehrer, H.-P., Yurchenko, V.* Parasites of firebugs in Austria with focus on the "micro"-diversity of the cosmopolitan trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. Parasitol. Res., 2024, 123(1): 27. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 38072883. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-023-08080-2

    38. 2023

  38. Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Macedo, D.H., Galan, A., Votýpka, J., Schmid-Hempel, R., Schmid-Hempel, P., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* RNA viruses of Crithidia bombi, a parasite of bumblebees. J. Invertebr. Pathol., 2023, 201: 107991. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37714407. PDF doi:10.1016/j.jip.2023.107991
  39. Rêgo, F.D., da Silva, E.S., Lopes, V.V., Teixeira-Neto, R.G., Belo, V.S., Fonseca Júnior, A.A., Pereira, D.A., Pena, H.P., Laurenti, M.D., Flores, G.V.A., da Matta, V.L.R., Chouman, I.H., Burrin, T.B., Pacheco, C.M.S., Barrouin-Melo, S.M., de Pinho, F.A., de Andrade, H.A., Nunes, R.V., Gontijo, C.M.F., Soccol, V.T., Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Macedo, D.H., do Monte-Neto, R.L., Yurchenko, V., Soares, R.P. First report of putative Leishmania RNA virus 2 (LRV2) in Leishmania infantum strains from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Southeast of Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 2023, 118: e230071. PMID: 37729273. PDF doi:10.1590/0074-02760230071
  40. Macedo, D.H., Grybchuk, D., Režnarová, J., Votýpka, J., Klocek, D., Yurchenko, T., Ševčík, J., Magri, A., Urda Dolinská, M., Záhonová, K., Lukeš, J., Servienė, E., Jászayová, A., Serva, S., Malysheva, M.N., Frolov, A.O., Yurchenko, V.*, Kostygov, A.Y.* Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris. BMC Biol., 2023, 21(1): 191. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37697369. PDF doi:10.1186/s12915-023-01687-y
  41. Albanaz, A.T.S., Carrington, M., Frolov, A.O., Ganyukova, A.I., Gerasimov, E.S., Kostygov, A.Y., Lukeš, J., Malysheva, M.N., Votýpka, J., Zakharova, A., Záhonová, K., Zimmer, S.L., Yurchenko, V.*, Butenko, A.* Shining the spotlight on the neglected: new high-quality genome assemblies as a gateway to understanding the evolution of Trypanosomatidae. BMC Genomics, 2023, 24: 471. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37605127. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09591-z
  42. Gerasimov, E.S.*, Novozhilova, T.S., Zimmer, S.L., Yurchenko, V.* Kinetoplast genome of Leishmania spp. is under strong purifying selection. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis., 2023, 8(8): 384. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37624322. PDF doi:10.3390/tropicalmed8080384
  43. Klocek, D., Grybchuk, D., Tichá, L., Votýpka, J., Volf, P., Kostygov, A.Y.*, Yurchenko, V.* Evolution of RNA viruses in trypanosomatids: new insights from the analysis of Sauroleishmania. Parasitol. Res., 2023, 122(10): 2279-2286. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37490143. PDF doi:10.1007/s00436-023-07928-x
  44. Albanaz, A.T.S., Butenko, A., Kostygov, A.Y., Votýpka, J., Yurchenko, V. Transcriptome of Lafontella sp., an obscure relative of Phytomonas and Herpetomonas. Protistology, 2023, 17(2): 109-117. PDF doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2023-17-2-6
  45. Bykova, A., Saura, A., Glazko, G.V., Roche-Lima, A., Yurchenko, V.*, Rogozin, I.B. The 29-nucleotide deletion in SARS-CoV: truncated versions of ORF8 are under purifying selection. BMC Genomics, 2023, 24(1): 387. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37430204. PDF doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09482-3
  46. Zakharova, A., Tashyreva, D., Butenko, A., Morales, J., Saura, A., Svobodová, M., Poschmann, G., Nandipati, S., Zakharova, A., Noyvert, D., Gahura, O., Týč, J., Stühler, K., Kostygov, A.Y.*, Nowack, E.C.M., Lukeš, J., Yurchenko, V.* A neo-functionalized homolog of host transmembrane protein controls localization of bacterial endosymbionts in the trypanosomatid Novymonas esmeraldas. Curr. Biol., 2023, 33(13): 2690-2701. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 37201521. PDF doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.060
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    172. 2009

  172. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Jirkú, M., Maslov, D. Selective recovery of the cultivation-prone components from mixed trypanosomatid infections: a case of several novel species isolated from Neotropical Heteroptera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59(Pt 4): 893-909. (Cover paper). PMID: 19329626. PDF doi:10.1099/ijs.0.001149-0
  173. Schlegel, J., Redzic, J., Porter, C., Yurchenko, V., Bukrinsky, M., Labeikovsky, W., Armstrong, G., Zhang, F., Isern, N., De Gregori, J., Hodges, R., Eisenmesser, E. Solution characterization of the extracellular region of CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin A. J. Mol. Biol, 2009, 391(3): 518-535. PMID: 19500591. PDF doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.080

    174. 2008

  174. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Tesařová, M., Jirkú, M., Maslov, D. Morphological discordance of the new trypanosomatid species phylogenetically associated with the genus Crithidia. Protist, 2008, 159: 99-114. PMID: 17931968. PDF doi:10.1016/j.protis.2007.07.003
  175. Bouzahzah, B., Yurchenko, V., Nagajyothi, F., Hulit, J., Sadofsky, M, Braunstein, V.L., Mukherjee, S., Weiss, H., Machado, F., Lisanti, M.P., Tanowitz, H.B., Albanese, C. Regulation of host cell cyclin D1 by Trypanosoma cruzi in myoblasts. Cell Cycle, 2008, 7(4): 500-503. PMID: 18239452. PDF doi:10.4161/cc.7.4.5327
  176. Yurchenko, V.*, Xue, Z., Sherry, B, Bukrinsky, M.* Functional analysis of Leishmania major cyclophilin. Int. J. Parasitol., 2008, 38(6): 633-639. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 17991468. PDF doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.001
  177. Yurchenko, V.*; Xue, Z.; Gama, V.; Matsuyama; S., Sadofsky, M.* Ku70 is stabilized by increased cellular SUMO. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2008, 366: 263-268. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 18062920. PDF doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.136

    178. 2007

  178. Ivanov, A., Peng, H., Yurchenko, V., Yap, K., Negorev, D., Schultz, D., Psulkowsky, E., Fredericks, W., White, D., Maul, G., Sadofsky, M., Zhou, M.-M., Rauscher, 3rd, F. PHD domain-mediated E3 ligase activity directs intramolecular Sumoylation of an adjacent Bromodomain required for gene silencing. Mol. Cell, 2007, 28: 823-837. PMID: 18082607. PDF doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2007.11.012
  179. Pushkarsky, T., Yurchenko, V., Laborico, A., Bukrinsky, M. CD147 stimulates HIV-1 infection in a signal-independent fashion. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2007, 363(3): 495-499. PMID: 17888876. PDF doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.192

    180. 2006

  180. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Jirkú, M., Zeledon, R. and Maslov, D.A. Leptomonas costaricensis sp. n. (Kinetoplastea: Trypanosomatidae), a member of the novel phylogenetic group of insect trypanosomatids closely related to the genus Leishmania. Parasitology, 2006, 133: 537-546. (Cover paper). PMID: 16834819. PDF doi:10.1017/s0031182006000746
  181. Yurchenko, V., Lukeš, J., Xu, X. and Maslov, D.A. An integrated morphological and molecular approach to new species descriptions in Trypanosomatidae: the case of Leptomonas podlipaevi sp. n., a parasite of Boisea rubrolineata (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae). J. Euk. Microbiol., 2006, 53: 103-111. PMID: 16579812. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00078.x
  182. Yurchenko, V., Xue, Z. and Sadofsky, M. SUMO modification of human XRCC4 regulates its localization and function in DNA double-strand break repair. Mol. Cell Biol., 2006, 26(5): 1786-1794. PMID: 16478998. PDF doi:10.1128/mcb.26.5.1786-1794.2006
  183. Yurchenko, V., Constant, S., Bukrinsky, M. Dealing with the Family: CD147 interactions with cyclophilins. Immunology, 2006, 117(3): 301-309. PMID: 16476049. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1365-2567.2005.02316.x

    184. 2005

  184. Yurchenko V., Pushkarsky T., Li J.H., Dai W.W., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. Regulation of CD147 cell surface expression: involvement of the proline residue in the CD147 transmembrane domain. J. Biol. Chem., 2005, 280(17): 17013-17019. PMID: 15671024. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m412851200
  185. Pushkarsky T., Yurchenko V., Vanpouille C., Brichacek B., Vaisman I., Hatakeyama S., Nakayama K., Sherry B., and Bukrinsky M. Cell surface expression of CD147/emmprin is regulated by cyclophilin 60. J. Biol. Chem., 2005, 280(30): 27866-27871. PMID: 15946952. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m503770200

    186. 2003

  186. Yurchenko V., Xue Z., Sadofsky M. The RAG1 N-terminal domain is an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Genes Dev., 2003, 17: 581-585. PMID: 12629039. PDF doi:10.1101/gad.1058103
  187. Klinov, D., Martynkina, L., Yurchenko, V., Demin, V., Streltsov, S., Gerasimov, Y., Vengerov, Y. Effect of supporting substrates on the structure of DNA and DNA-Trivaline complexes studied by Atomic Force Microscopy. J. Bioorg. Chem (Mosc), 2003, 29: 363-367. PMID: 12947761. PDF doi:10.1023/a:1024901318099
  188. Martinkina, L., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Y. Protein-free spreading method for electron microscopic studies of DNA compaction stimulated by interactions with histone H1 in surface films. In: Science, Technology and Education of Microscopy: an Overview (Ed. A. Mendez-Vilas). Microscopy Series, 2003, 1: 469-475 (ISBN "Microscopy" Series 84-607-6679-7, ISBN Vol. I: 84-607-6698-5). PDF

    189. 2002

  189. Yurchenko V., Zybarth G., O’Connor M., Dai W.W., Franchin G., Hao T., Guo H., Hung H.-C., Toole B., Gallay P., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. Active-site residues of cyclophilin A are crucial for its signaling activity via CD147. J. Biol. Chem., 2002, 277(25): 22959-22965. PMID: 11943775. PDF doi:10.1074/jbc.m201593200

    190. 2001

  190. Merzlyak, E., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A., Alexandrov, K., Podlipaev, S., Maslov, D. Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids based on small subunit rRNA genes: polyphyly of Leptomonas and Blastocrithidia. J. Euk. Microbiol., 2001, 48: 161-169. PMID: 12095103. PDF doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00298.x
  191. Yurchenko, V.*, Kolesnikov, A. Minicircular kinetoplast DNA of Trypanosomatidae. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 2001, 35: 3-13. * Correspondent author. PMID: 11234380. PDF doi:10.1023/a:1004813414607
  192. Yurchenko V., O’Connor M., Dai W.W., Guo H., Toole B., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. CD147 is a signaling receptor for Cyclophilin B. Biochem. Biophys Res. Commun., 2001, 288: 786-788. PMID: 11688976. PDF doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.5847
  193. Pushkarsky T., Zybarth G., Dubrovsky L., Yurchenko V., Tang H., Guo H., Toole B., Sherry B., Bukrinsky M. CD147 facilitates HIV-1 infection by interacting with virus-associated cyclophilin A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2001, 98: 6360-6365. PMID: 11353871. PDF doi:10.1073/pnas.111583198

    194. 2000

  194. Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A.A., Lukeš, J. Phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosomatina (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) based on minicircle conserved regions. Folia Parasitol., 2000, 47: 1-5. PMID: 10833008. PDF doi:10.14411/fp.2000.001
  195. Martinkina, L., Klinov, D., Kolesnikov, A., Yurchenko V., Streltsov, S., Neretina, T., Demin, V., Vengerov, Y. Atomic force and electron microscopy of high molecular weight circular DNA complexes with synthetic oligopeptide trivaline. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynamics, 2000, 17: 687-695. PMID: 10698106. PDF doi:10.1080/07391102.2000.10506559

    196. 1999

  196. Yurchenko, V.*, Merzlyak, E., Kolesnikov, A., Martinkina, L., Vengerov, Y. Structure of Leishmania minicircle kinetoplast DNA classes. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1999, 35: 1656-1657. * Correspondent author. PMID: 10328690. PDF
  197. Yurchenko, V., Hobza, R., Benada, O., Lukeš, J. Trypanosoma avium: large minicircles in the kinetoplast DNA. Exp. Parasitol., 1999, 92: 215-218. (Cover paper). PMID: 10403763. PDF doi:10.1006/expr.1999.4418
  198. Alexandrov, K., Simon, I., Yurchenko, V., Iakovenko, A., Rostkova, E., Scheidig, A.J., Goody, R. S. Characterization of the ternary complex between Rab7, REP-1 and Rab geranylgeranyl transferase Eur. J. Biochem., 1999, 265: 160-170. PMID: 10491170. PDF doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00699.x

    199. 1998

  199. Yurchenko, V.*, Martinkina, L., Merzlyak, E., Vengerov, Y., Kolesnikov, A.* Characteristics of Trypanosoma scelopori kinetoplast DNA: conserved region of minicircle as a molecular-taxonomic feature. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1998, 32: 998-1003. * Co-correspondent authors. PMID: 9929877. PDF
  200. Aravin, A., Yurchenko, V., Merzlyak, E., Kolesnikov, A. The mitochondrial ND8 gene from Crithidia oncopelti is not pan-edited. FEBS Lett., 1998, 431: 457-460. PMID: 9714563. PDF doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00813-8
  201. Martinkina, L., Kolesnikov, A., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Yu.Yu. Electron microscopic studies of compactization of circular DNA in model systems. II. Complexes of the synthetic peptide trivaline with high molecular weight circular DNA. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1998, 32: 504-509. PMID: 9785564. PDF
  202. Martinkina, L., Kolesnikov, A., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Vengerov, Y. Circular superhelixal DNA complexes with synthetic oligopeptide: unusual compact structures and influence of bent sequences on the result of compaction. J. Biomol. Struct. Dynamics, 1998, 15: 949-957. PMID: 9619516. PDF doi:10.1080/07391102.1998.10508215

    203. 1997

  203. Kolesnikov, A., Yurchenko, V., Martinkina, L., Shoenian, G. A new class of minicircular mitochondrial DNA in Leishmania tropica. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1997, 31: 458-462. PMID: 9297089. PDF
  204. Vengerov, Y., Martinkina, L., Bespalov, M., Streltsov, S., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A. Electron microscopic studies of compactization of circular DNA in model systems. I. Compact structure of complexes of the synthetic peptide trivaline with circular DNA, containing a sequence, causing a stationary bend in DNA. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1997, 31: 232-239. PMID: 9213750. PDF

    205. 1995

  205. Baron, L., Yurchenko, V., Kolesnikov, A. Structure of minicircle kinetoplast DNA from a river perch trypanosome. Mol. Biol. (Mosc), 1995, 29: 1341-1348. PMID: 8592504. PDF