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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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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eLife, 2016 Left-right asymmetries in brains are usually minor or cryptic. We report brain asymmetries in the tiny, dorsal tubular nervous system of the ascidian tadpole larva, Ciona intestinalis.
Kerrianne Ryan +2 more
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Computational prediction and experimental validation of
BMC Genomics, 2007 Background This study reports the first collection of validated microRNA genes in the sea squirt, Ciona intestinalis. MicroRNAs are processed from hairpin precursors to ~22 nucleotide RNAs that base pair to target mRNAs and inhibit expression.
Pasquinelli Amy E +3 more
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A comparative analysis of transcription factor expression during metazoan embryonic development [PDF]
, 2013 During embryonic development, a complex organism is formed from a single starting cell. These processes of growth and differentiation are driven by large transcriptional changes, which are following the expression and activity of transcription factors ...
Adryan, Boris, Schep, Alicia
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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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ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) presence in the heart of a tunicate, Ciona intestinalis.
Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2010 Atrial natriuretic peptide was found in the heart of vertebrates, we studied the ANP presence in the heart of Ciona intestinalis. This is animal is very important because of the its evolutionary position between invertebrates and vertebrates.
Aldo Gerbino +3 more
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Fluorescent protein voltage probes derived from ArcLight that respond to membrane voltage changes with fast kinetics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 We previously reported the discovery of a fluorescent protein voltage probe, ArcLight, and its derivatives that exhibit large changes in fluorescence intensity in response to changes of plasma membrane voltage.
Zhou Han +5 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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, 2020 The tunicate species Ciona intestinalis is a fast-growing marine invertebrate animal that contains cellulose in its outer part—the tunic.
A. Karnaouri +9 more
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