The integrins of the urochordate provide novel insights into the molecular evolution of the vertebrate integrin family [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2005 Background: Integrins are a functionally significant family of metazoan cell surface adhesion receptors. The receptors are dimers composed of an alpha and a beta chain.
Ewan, Richard +5 more
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Asymmetric Fitness of Second-Generation Interspecific Hybrids Between Ciona robusta and Ciona intestinalis [PDF]
G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2020 Abstract Reproductive isolation is central to speciation, but interspecific crosses between two closely related species can produce viable and fertile hybrids. Two different species of tunicates in the same ascidian genus, Ciona robusta and Ciona intestinalis, can produce hybrids.
Naoyuki Ohta +4 more
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, 2011 Ascidians, such as Ciona, are invertebrate chordates with simple embryonic body plans and small, relatively non-redundant genomes. Ciona genetics is in its infancy compared to many other model systems, but it provides a powerful method for studying this important vertebrate outgroup.
Michael T, Veeman +2 more
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Evidence for dynamic and multiple roles for huntingtin in Ciona intestinalis [PDF]
, 2013 Although mutations in the huntingtin gene (HTT) due to poly-Q expansion cause neuropathology in humans (Huntington's disease; HD), the normal function(s) of the gene and its protein (HTT) remain obscure.
Brown, Euan R. +2 more
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Barcoding of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) indicates a recent introduction of Ciona savignyi into New Zealand and provides a rapid method for Ciona species discrimination [PDF]
, 2012 Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene sequencing (DNA barcoding) of Ciona specimens from New Zealand (NZ) led to the first record of the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi in the Southern Hemisphere. We sought to quantify C.
Cary, S. Craig +4 more
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Germline transgenesis and insertional mutagenesis in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis [PDF]
, 2007 Stable transgenesis is a splendid technique that is applicable to the creation of useful marker lines,enhancer/gene traps, and insertional mutagenesis.
Sasakura Yasunori, 笹倉 靖徳
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Monoaminergic modulation of photoreception in ascidian:evidence for a proto-hypothalamo-retinal territory [PDF]
, 2012 Background : The retina of craniates/vertebrates has been proposed to derive from a photoreceptor prosencephalic territory in ancestral chordates, but the evolutionary origin of the different cell types making the retina is disputed.
Brown, Euan R +7 more
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Neural crest lineage in the protovertebrate model Ciona [PDF]
NatureKouhei Oonuma +2 more
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Developmental Biology, 2017 The calcium ion (Ca2+) is an important second messenger, and a rapid increase in Ca2+ level (Ca2+ transient) is involved in various aspects of embryogenesis. Although Ca2+ transients play an important role in early developmental stages, little is known about their dynamics throughout embryogenesis.
Taichi, Akahoshi +2 more
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A Manually Curated Gene Model Set for an Ascidian, Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A) [PDF]
Zoological Science, 2022 Gene/transcript model sets predicted from decoded genome sequences are an important resource for a wide range of biological studies. Accuracy of gene models is therefore critical for deducing accurate conclusions. Computationally predicted models are sometimes inconsistent with experimental data from cDNA clones and RNA-sequencing.
Yutaka, Satou +6 more
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