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Ahmed Moustafa's Publications

Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo
New Cairo, Egypt

Research field: Biological Sciences
microbial and comparative genomics
genome evolution
metagenomics
systems and synthetic biology
high-performance computing
Journal Article (16)

Journal Article

Andrew E Allen, A Moustafa, Anton Montsant, A Eckert, Peter G Kroth, Chris Bowler (2011) Evolution and functional diversification of fructose bisphosphate aldolase genes in photosynthetic marine diatoms. In Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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Karen N Pelletreau, Debashish Bhattacharya, Dana C Price, Jared M Worful, Ahmed Moustafa, Mary E Rumpho (2011) Sea slug kleptoplasty and plastid maintenance in a metazoan., 1561-5. In Plant Physiology 155 (4).
Mary E Rumpho, Karen N Pelletreau, Ahmed Moustafa, Debashish Bhattacharya (2011) The making of a photosynthetic animal., 303-311. In Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (Pt 2).
Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Hwan Su Yoon, Ahmed Moustafa, Eun Chan Yang, Robert A Andersen, Sung Min Boo, Takuro Nakayama, Ken-Ichiro Ishida, Debashish Bhattacharya (2010) Differential gene retention in plastids of common recent origin., 1530-1537. In Molecular Biology and Evolution 27 (7).
Ahmed Moustafa, Andrew N Evans, David M Kulis, Jeremiah D Hackett, Deana L Erdner, Donald M Anderson, Debashish Bhattacharya (2010) Transcriptome Profiling of a Toxic Dinoflagellate Reveals a Gene-Rich Protist and a Potential Impact on Gene Expression Due to Bacterial Presence, 10. In PLoS ONE 5 (3).
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Ahmed Moustafa, Bánk Beszteri, Uwe G Maier, Chris Bowler, Klaus Valentin, Debashish Bhattacharya (2009) Genomic footprints of a cryptic plastid endosymbiosis in diatoms., 1724-1726. In Science 324 (5935).
Ahmed Moustafa, Jeannette E Loram, Jeremiah D Hackett, Donald M Anderson, F Gerald Plumley, Debashish Bhattacharya (2009) Origin of Saxitoxin Biosynthetic Genes in Cyanobacteria, 10. In PLoS ONE 4 (6).
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Ahmed Moustafa, Cheong Xin Chan, Megan Danforth, David Zear, Hiba Ahmed, Nagnath Jadhav, Trevor Savage, Debashish Bhattacharya (2008) A phylogenomic approach for studying plastid endosymbiosis., 165-176. In Genome informatics International Conference on Genome Informatics.
Ahmed Moustafa, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Debashish Bhattacharya (2008) Chlamydiae Has Contributed at Least 55 Genes to Plantae with Predominantly Plastid Functions, 9. In PLoS ONE 3 (5).
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Naomi Phillips, Samantha Calhoun, Ahmed Moustafa, Debashish Bhattacharya, Edward L Braun (2008) Genomic Insights Into Evolutionary Relationships Among Heterokont Lineages Emphasizing the Phaeophyceae, 15-18. In Journal of Phycology 44 (1).
Mary E Rumpho, Jared M Worful, Jungho Lee, Krishna Kannan, Mary S Tyler, Debashish Bhattacharya, Ahmed Moustafa, James R Manhart (2008) Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica, 17867-17871. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (46).
Mary E Rumpho, Jared M Worful, Jungho Lee, Krishna Kannan, Mary S Tyler, Debashish Bhattacharya, Ahmed Moustafa, James R Manhart (2008) Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica., 17867-71. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (46).
Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Ahmed Moustafa, Debashish Bhattacharya (2008) Multiple Genes of Apparent Algal Origin Suggest Ciliates May Once Have Been Photosynthetic, 956-962. In Current Biology 18 (13).
Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Ahmed Moustafa, Debashish Bhattacharya (2008) Multiple genes of apparent algal origin suggest ciliates may once have been photosynthetic., 956-962. In Current Biology 18 (13).