Publications

Casagrande F, Ratera M, Schenk AD, Chami M, Valencia E, Lopez JM, Torrents D, Engel A, Palacin M, Fotiadis D.
Projection structure of a member of the amino acid/polyamine/organocation transporter superfamily.
J Biol Chem. 2008, Nov 28;283(48):33240-8. Epub 2008 Sep 25.
PMID: 18819925

Casals F, Ferrer-Admetlla A, Chillarón J, Torrents D, Palacín M, Bertranpetit J.
Is there selection for the pace of successive inactivation of the arpAT gene in primates?
J Mol Evol. 2008, Jul;67(1):23-8. Epub 2008 Jun 20.
PMID:18566733

Goñi JR, Fenollosa C, Pérez A, Torrents D, Orozco M.
DNAlive: a tool for the physical analysis of DNA at the genomic scale.
Bioinformatics. 2008, Aug 1;24(15):1731-2. Epub 2008 Jun 9.
PMID: 18544548
Goñi JR, Pérez A, Torrents D & Orozco M.
Determining promoter location based on DNA structure first principle calculations
Genome Biology 2007, Dec. 11; 8:R263
PMID: 18072969

Reig N, Del Rio C, Casagrande F, Ratera M, Gelpi JL, Torrents D, Henderson PJ, Xie H, Baldwin SA, Zorzano A, Fotiadis D, Palacin M.
Functional and Structural Characterization of the First Prokaryotic Member of the L-Amino Acid Transporter (LAT) Family: A MODEL FOR APC TRANSPORTERS.
J Biol Chem. 2007 May 4;282(18):13270-81.
PMID: 17344220

Suyama M, Harrington E, Bork P, Torrents D.
Identification and analysis of genes and pseudogenes within duplicated regions in the human and mouse genomes.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2006 Jun 30;2(6):e76. Epub 2006 May 16.
PMID: 16846249

Suyama M, Torrents D, Bork P.
PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 Jul 1;34(Web Server issue):W609-12.
PMID: 16845082

Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium (includes D. Torrents)
Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome.
Nature 2005 Sep 1;437(7055):69-87.
PMID: 16136131

Hillier LW, ...Chromosomes 2 and 4 sequencing and analysis group (includes D. Torrents)
Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4.
Nature 2005 Apr 7;434(7034):724-31.
PMID: 15815621

Fernandez E, Torrents D, Zorzano A, Palacin M, Chillaron J.
Identification and functional characterization of a novel low affinity aromatic-preferring amino acid transporter (arpAT). One of the few proteins silenced during primate evolution.
J Biol Chem. 2005 May 13;280(19):19364-72. Epub 2005 Mar 9.
PMID: 15757906

Zdobnov EM, Campillos M, Harrington ED, Torrents D, Bork P.
Protein coding potential of retroviruses and other transposable elements in
vertebrate genomes.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Feb 16;33(3):946-54. Print 2005.
PMID: 15716312

International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium (includes D. Torrents)
Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution.
Nature 2004 Dec 9;432(7018):695-716. Erratum in: Nature. 2005 Feb
17;433(7027):777.
PMID: 15592404

Waterston RH, Hillier LW, Fulton LA, Fulton RS, Graves TA, Pepin KH, Bork P, Suyama M, Torrents D, Chinwalla AT, Mardis ER, McPherson JD, Wilson RK.
The human genome: genes, pseudogenes, and variation on chromosome 7.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2003;68:13-22. Review.
PMID: 15338598

Rat Genome Sequencing Project Consortium (includes D. Torrents).
Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution.
Nature 2004 Apr 1;428(6982):493-521.
PMID: 15057822

Suyama M, Torrents D, Bork P.
BLAST2GENE: a comprehensive conversion of BLAST output into independent genes and gene fragments.
Bioinformatics. 2004 Aug 12;20(12):1968-70. Epub 2004 Mar 22.
PMID: 15037510

Torrents D, Suyama M, Zdobnov E, Bork P.
A genome-wide survey of human pseudogenes.
Genome Res. 2003 Dec;13(12):2559-67.
PMID: 14656963

Hillier LW, ... Chromosome 7 sequencing and analysis group (includes D. Torrents)
The DNA sequence of human chromosome 7.
Nature 2003 Jul 10;424(6945):157-64.
PMID: 12853948

Fernandez E, Torrents D, Chillaron J, Martin Del Rio R, Zorzano A, Palacin M.
Basolateral LAT-2 has a major role in the transepithelial flux of L-cystine in the renal proximal tubule cell line OK.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Apr;14(4):837-47.
PMID: 12660317

Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium (includes D. Torrents)
Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.
Nature 2002 Dec 5;420(6915):520-62.
PMID: 12466850

Zdobnov EM, von Mering C, Letunic I, Torrents D, Suyama M, Copley RR, Christophides GK, Thomasova D, Holt RA, Subramanian GM, Mueller HM, Dimopoulos G, Law JH, Wells MA, Birney E, Charlab R, Halpern AL, Kokoza E, Kraft CL, Lai Z, Lewis S, Louis C, Barillas-Mury C, Nusskern D, Rubin GM, Salzberg SL, Sutton GG, Topalis P, Wides R, Wincker P, Yandell M, Collins FH, Ribeiro J, Gelbart WM, Kafatos FC, Bork P.
Comparative genome and proteome analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster.
Science 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):149-59.
PMID: 12364792

Torras-Llort M, Torrents D, Soriano-Garcia JF, Gelpi JL, Estevez R, Ferrer R, Palacin M, Moreto M.
Sequential amino acid exchange across b(0,+)-like system in chicken brush border jejunum.
J Membr Biol. 2001 Apr 1;180(3):213-20.
PMID: 11337893

Mykkanen J, Torrents D, Pineda M, Camps M, Yoldi ME, Horelli-Kuitunen N, Huoponen K, Heinonen M, Oksanen J, Simell O, Savontaus ML, Zorzano A, Palacin M, Aula P.
Functional analysis of novel mutations in y(+)LAT-1 amino acid transporter gene causing lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI).
Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Feb 12;9(3):431-8.
PMID: 10655553

Feliubadalo L, Font M, Purroy J, Rousaud F, Estivill X, Nunes V, Golomb E, Centola M, Aksentijevich I, Kreiss Y, Goldman B, Pras M, Kastner DL, Pras E, Gasparini P, Bisceglia L, Beccia E, Gallucci M, de Sanctis L, Ponzone A, Rizzoni GF, Zelante L, Bassi MT, George AL Jr, Manzoni M, De Grandi A, Riboni M, Endsley JK, Ballabio A, Borsani G, Reig N, Fernandez E, Estevez R, Pineda M, Torrents D, Camps M, Lloberas J, Zorzano A, Palacin M; International Cystinuria Consortium.
Non-type I cystinuria caused by mutations in SLC7A9, encoding a subunit (bo,+AT) of rBAT.
Nat Genet. 1999 Sep;23(1):52-7.
PMID: 10471498

Pineda M, Fernandez E, Torrents D, Estevez R, Lopez C, Camps M, Lloberas J, Zorzano A, Palacin M.
Identification of a membrane protein, LAT-2, that Co-expresses with 4F2 heavy chain, an L-type amino acid transport activity with broad specificity for small
and large zwitterionic amino acids.
J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 9;274(28):19738-44.
PMID: 10391915

Torrents D, Mykkanen J, Pineda M, Feliubadalo L, Estevez R, de Cid R, Sanjurjo P, Zorzano A, Nunes V, Huoponen K, Reinikainen A, Simell O, Savontaus ML, Aula P, Palacin M.
Identification of SLC7A7, encoding y+LAT-1, as the lysinuric protein intolerance gene.
Nat Genet. 1999 Mar;21(3):293-6.
PMID: 10080182

Torrents D, Estevez R, Pineda M, Fernandez E, Lloberas J, Shi YB, Zorzano A, Palacin M.
Identification and characterization of a membrane protein (y+L amino acid transporter-1) that associates with 4F2hc to encode the amino acid transport activity y+L. A candidate gene for lysinuric protein intolerance.
J Biol Chem. 1998 Dec 4;273(49):32437-45.
PMID: 9829974