Comparative genomics and the nature of placozoan species. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2018 Placozoans are a phylum of nonbilaterian marine animals currently represented by a single described species, Trichoplax adhaerens, Schulze 1883. Placozoans arguably show the simplest animal morphology, which is identical among isolates collected ...
Michael Eitel +10 more
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Conservation of context-dependent splicing activity in distant Muscleblind homologs [PDF]
, 2016 The Muscleblind (MBL) protein family is a deeply conserved family of RNA binding proteins that regulate alternative splicing, alternative polyadenylation, RNA stability and RNA localization. Their inactivation due to sequestration by expanded CUG repeats
Berglund, J. Andrew +4 more
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The Early Metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens Possesses a Functional O-GlcNAc System [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 Protein O-GlcNAcylation is a reversible post-translational signaling modification of nucleocytoplasmic proteins that is essential for embryonic development in bilateria. In a search for a reductionist model to study O-GlcNAc signaling, we discovered the presence of functional O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), O-GlcNAcase (OGA), and nucleocytoplasmic protein ...
Selvan, Nithya +5 more
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Trichoplax, the simplest known animal, contains an estrogen-related receptor: Implications for the evolution of vertebrate and invertebrate estrogen receptors [PDF]
, 2008 Although, as their names imply, vertebrate and invertebrate estrogen receptors [ERs] and estrogen-related receptors [ERRs] are related transcription factors, their evolutionary relationships to each other are not fully understood.
Michael E. Baker
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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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Beyond the Secretory Pathway: New Insights Into Protein Release
Traffic, Volume 26, Issue 10-12, October/December 2025.While proteins bearing N‐terminal signal or leader sequences are secreted via the ER‐Golgi‐plasma membrane axis of the conventional secretion pathway, many cytosolic proteins lacking signaling sequence can be secreted via poorly defined mechanisms termed Unconventional Protein Secretion (UcPS).
Ruey‐Hwa Chen +34 more
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Global diversity of the Placozoa.
PLoS ONE, 2013 The enigmatic animal phylum Placozoa holds a key position in the metazoan Tree of Life. A simple bauplan makes it appear to be the most basal metazoan known and genetic evidence also points to a position close to the last common metazoan ancestor ...
Michael Eitel +3 more
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Concatenated analysis sheds light on early metazoan evolution and fuels a modern "urmetazoon" hypothesis. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2009 For more than a century, the origin of metazoan animals has been debated. One aspect of this debate has been centered on what the hypothetical "urmetazoon" bauplan might have been.
Bernd Schierwater +7 more
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Evolutionary insights into premetazoan functions of the neuronal protein homer. [PDF]
, 2014 Reconstructing the evolution and ancestral functions of synaptic proteins promises to shed light on how neurons first evolved. The postsynaptic density (PSD) protein Homer scaffolds membrane receptors and regulates Ca(2+) signaling in diverse metazoan ...
Burkhardt, Pawel +5 more
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Invertebrate Bile Acid‐Sensitive Ion Channels and Their Emergence in Bilateria
The FASEB Journal, Volume 39, Issue 8, 30 April 2025.This graphical abstract presents the evolutionary distribution and functional characteristics of bile acid‐sensing ion channels (BASICs) across bilaterians. A phylogenetic tree illustrates the presence of BASICs in diverse groups, extending beyond previously established mammalian findings.
Josep Martí‐Solans +4 more
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