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• Holland M, Rutkowski R, Levin TC (2024) Evolutionary dynamics of pro-inflammatory caspases in primates and rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution msae220.

• Culbertson EM, Levin TC (2024) There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology. Cell Host and Microbe 32(9): 1466-1468.

• Culbertson EM, Levin TC. (2023) Eukaryotic CD-NTase, STING, and viperin proteins evolved via domain shuffling, horizontal transfer, and ancient inheritance from prokaryotes. PLOS Biology 21(12):e3002436.

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• Holland M, Farinella DN, Cruz-Lorenzo E, Laubscher MI, Doakes DA, Ramos MA, Kubota N, Levin TC. (2023) L. pneumophila resists its self-harming metabolite HGA via secreted factors and collective peroxide scavenging. mBio e01207-23.

• Levin TC. (2021) mSphere of Influence: how I learned to love bacteria and their tangled evolutionary tree. mSphere 6: e00780-21.

• Richter DJ, Levin TC. (2019) The origin and evolution of cell-intrinsic antibacterial defenses in eukaryotes. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 58:111-122.

• Levin TC, Goldspiel BP, Malik, HS. (2019) Density-dependent resistance protects Legionella pneumophila from its own antimicrobial metabolite, HGA. eLife 8:e46086.

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• Wetzel L, Levin TC, Hulett RE, Chan D, King G, Aldayafleh R, Booth D, Sigg MA, King N. (2018) Predicted glycotransferases promote development and prevent spurious cell clumping in the choanoflagellate S. rosetta. eLife 7:e41482.

• Levin TC and Malik, HS. (2017) Rapidly evolving Toll-3/4 genes encode male-specific Toll-like receptors in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(9): 2307-2323.

• Arbuthnott D*, Levin TC*, Promislow DEL. (2016) The impacts of Wolbachia and the microbiome on mate choice in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29: 461-468. *co-first authors

• Levin TC, Greaney AJ, Wetzel L and King N. (2014) The rosetteless gene controls development in the choanoflagellate S. rosetta. eLife. 3:e04070.

• Levin TC and King N. (2013) Evidence for sex and recombination in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Current Biology. 23(21): 2176-2180.

• Dayel MJ, Alegado RA, Fairclough SR, Levin TC, Nichols SA, McDonald K, and King N. (2011) Cell differentiation and intercellular interactions in the colony-forming choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Developmental Biology 357(1): 73-82.

• Levin TC*, Glazer AM*, Pachter L, Brem RB, Eisen MB (2010) Exploring the genetic basis of variation in gene predictions with a synthetic association study. PLoS ONE. 5(7): e11645. *co-first authors

• Whelan RJ, Levin TC, Owen JC, Garvin MC (2010) Short-chain carboxylic acids from gray catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) uropygial secretions vary with testosterone levels and photoperiod. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.156(3):183-8.

• Levin TC, Wickliffe KE, Leppla SH, Moayeri M. (2008) Heat shock inhibits caspase-1 activity while also preventing its inflammasome-mediated activation by anthrax lethal toxin. Cellular Microbiology 10(12): 2434-46.