The early ANTP gene repertoire: insights from the placozoan genome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The evolution of ANTP genes in the Metazoa has been the subject of conflicting hypotheses derived from full or partial gene sequences and genomic organization in higher animals.
Bernd Schierwater +5 more
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An evaluation of the evolution of the gene structure of dystroglycan [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Dystroglycan (DG) is an adhesion receptor complex composed of two non-covalently associated subunits, transcribed from a single gene. The extracellular α-DG is highly and heterogeneously glycosylated and binds with high affinity to laminins ...
Adams, Josephine C, Brancaccio, Andrea
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Comparative genomics of large mitochondria in placozoans.
PLoS Genetics, 2007 The first sequenced mitochondrial genome of a placozoan, Trichoplax adhaerens, challenged the conventional wisdom that a compact mitochondrial genome is a common feature among all animals.
Ana Y Signorovitch +2 more
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Innate immunity in the simplest animals – placozoans
BMC Genomics, 2019 Background Innate immunity provides the core recognition system in animals for preventing infection, but also plays an important role in managing the relationship between an animal host and its symbiont.
Kai Kamm, Bernd Schierwater, Rob DeSalle
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Multiple surveys employing a new sample‐processing protocol reveal the genetic diversity of placozoans in Japan [PDF]
, 2018 Placozoans, flat free‐living marine invertebrates, possess an extremely simple bauplan lacking neurons and muscle cells and represent one of the earliest‐branching metazoan phyla. They are widely distributed from temperate to tropical oceans.
Miyazawa Hideyuki +2 more
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Rho Family of Ras-Like GTPases in Early-Branching Animals
Cells, 2020 Non-bilaterian animals consist of four phyla; Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Placozoa. These early-diverging animals are crucial for understanding the evolution of the entire animal lineage.
Silvestar Beljan +2 more
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Bioeffects of Prunus spinosa L. fruit ethanol extract on reproduction and phenotypic plasticity of Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze, 1883 (Placozoa) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The aim of this work was to test and analyse the bioeffects of Prunus spinosa L. (Rosacaee) fruit ethanol extract on Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze, 1883 (Placozoa) laboratory cultures which—for the first time—were employed as in vivo biological model to ...
Maria Cristina Albertini +12 more
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Mathematical modeling and comparison of protein size distribution in different plant, animal, fungal and microbial species reveals a negative correlation between protein size and protein number, thus providing insight into the evolution of proteomes [PDF]
, 2012 Background The sizes of proteins are relevant to their biochemical structure and for their biological function. The statistical distribution of protein lengths across a diverse set of taxa can provide hints about the evolution of proteomes. Results Using
Axel Tiessen +2 more
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Hidden cell diversity in Placozoa: ultrastructural insights from Hoilungia hongkongensis [PDF]
Cell and Tissue Research, 2020 AbstractFrom a morphological point of view, placozoans are among the most simple free-living animals. This enigmatic phylum is critical for our understanding of the evolution of animals and their cell types. Their millimeter-sized, disc-like bodies consist of only three cell layers that are shaped by roughly six major cell types. Placozoans lack muscle
Daria Y. Romanova +6 more
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The evolution of metazoan extracellular matrix [PDF]
, 2011 The modular domain structure of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and their genes has allowed extensive exon/domain shuffling during evolution to generate hundreds of ECM proteins.
Adams +55 more
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