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Sex-specific functional evolution of Dmrt1 in African clawed frogs (Xenopus), and the importance of genetic tipping points in developmental biology.

PLoS Genetics
The doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1 (dmrt1) plays a crucial role in metazoan sexual differentiation. This gene, or its paralogs, independently became triggers for sex determination several times, including in the tetraploid African ...
Lindsey M Kukoly, Sarah R Porter, Danielle C Jordan, Heather A Murphy, Martin Knytl, Nikko Shaidani, William R Thomas, Carl Anderson, Ian Dworkin, Marko E Horb, Ben J Evans   +10 more
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A formalization of one of the main claims of “Cortex reorganization of Xenopus laevis eggs in strong static magnetic fields” by Mietchen et al. 2005

Data Science, 2022
Mietchen et al. claimed in previous work that strong static magnetic fields change the cell cortex in dejellied fertilizable stage VI Xenopus lavis oocytes.
Daniel Mietchen
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Cartilage on the Move: Cartilage Lineage Tracing During Tadpole Metamorphosis

, 2012
The reorganization of cranial cartilages during tadpole metamorphosis is a set of complex processes. The fates of larval cartilage-forming cells (chondrocytes) and sources of adult chondrocytes are largely unknown.
Brittain, Alison L., Buchholz, Daniel R., Hall, Brian K., Kerney, Ryan R.   +3 more
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Digital dissection of the model organism Xenopus laevis using contrast-enhanced computed tomography [PDF]

, 2017
The African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is one of the most widely used model organisms in biological research. However, the most recent anatomical description of X. laevis was produced nearly a century ago.
Ahn, Burgess, Burggren, Cannatella, Cannatella, Clemente, Cline, Cox, Cox, Descamps, Dijk, Diogo, Dunlap, Düring, Ecker, Emerson, Emerson, Evans, Gignac, Green, Grobbelaar, Gross, Gurdon, Gurdon, Gurdon, Harland, Hass, Hautier, Hellsten, Holliday, Jeffery, Johnston, Kargo, Kleinteich, Lautenschlager, Lautenschlager, Mason, Metscher, Metscher, Metscher, Minkoff, Palmer, Paterson, Porro, Pyron, Přikryl, Quayle, Reilly, Richards, Robovská-Havelková, Robovská-Havelková, Roček, Ročkova, Ryke, Sassoon, Session, Smirnov, Trueb, Tsai, Wheeler, Whiting, Ziermann, Ziermann   +62 more
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Calpain Proteases and the Evolving Signaling Network in Insect Embryonic Patterning

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
Insect embryonic Dorsal‐Ventral (DV) patterning relies on the BMP and Toll pathways to different extents. Calcium‐dependent cystein proteases of the Calpain family also exert an important function to pattern the DV axis. In Drosophila, Calpain A cleaves the Cactus/IkappaB inhibitor and modifies Toll signals in ventral regions of the embryo. In Rhodnius
Alison Julio, Helena Araujo
wiley   +1 more source

Probing the Xenopus laevis inner ear transcriptome for biological function

BMC Genomics, 2012
Background The senses of hearing and balance depend upon mechanoreception, a process that originates in the inner ear and shares features across species.
Powers TuShun R, Virk Selene M, Trujillo-Provencio Casilda, Serrano Elba E   +3 more
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Modulation by cAMP of a Slowly Activating Potassium Channel Expressed in \u3cem\u3eXenopus\u3c/em\u3e Oocytes [PDF]

, 1992
When expressed in the Xenopus oocyte, the minK protein induces a slowly activating voltage-dependent potassium current (Isk). We studied the modulation of this current by altering intracellular cAMP levels and found that the amplitude of Isk is ...
Blumenthal, Edward M, Kaczmarek, Leonard K.   +1 more
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Amphibian chytridiomycosis : a review with focus on fungus-host interactions [PDF]

, 2015
Amphibian declines and extinctions are emblematic for the current sixth mass extinction event. Infectious drivers of these declines include the recently emerged fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ...
Haesebrouck, Freddy, Martel, An, Pasmans, Frank, Van Rooij, Pascale   +3 more
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Multimodal targets of (‐)‐α‐thujone mediating avoidance behavior of a stored‐products pest, Tribolium castaneum, in response to irritant stimuli

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We identified four kinds of target molecules against (‐)‐α‐thujone associating avoidance behavior in Tribolium castaneum, indicating multimodality. Abstract BACKGROUND The reciprocal evolutionary processes among phytophagous insects and host plants involve host shift in the herbivorous insects in response to defense chemicals, such as plant‐derived ...
Kenji Shimomura, Yuto Suzuki, Soshi Ino, Takehito Terajima, Motohiro Tomizawa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐Linking Mass Spectrometry of the Antimicrobial Peptides Magainin 2 and PGLa Reveals Heterodimerization in Micellar Medium

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rationale In this study, we applied cross‐linking mass spectrometry (XL‐MS) to characterize the oligomeric states of a PGLa/magainin 2 mixture and gain insight into the heterodimerization previously suggested in the literature. Both peptides have shown a synergistic enhancement of activity when tested in antimicrobial assays; however, the ...
Emilie Hirschler, Elise Glattard, Nicolas Arnaud, Johana Chicher, Philippe Hammann, Emmanuelle Leize‐Wagner, Burkhard Bechinger, Noelle Potier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source