The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype.
Conserved Noncoding Elements in the Most Distant Genera of Cephalochordates: The Goldilocks Principle.
Conserved non-coding elements in the most distant genera of cephalochordates: the Goldilocks principle.
Phylogenetic analysis of T-Box genes demonstrates the importance of amphioxus for understanding evolution of the vertebrate genome.
The Fox genes of Branchiostoma floridae.
Complete sequence, gene arrangement, and genetic code of mitochondrial DNA of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae (Amphioxus).
Evidence of en bloc duplication in vertebrate genomes.
The role of transposable elements in functional evolution of amphioxus genome: the case of opsin gene family.
Amphioxus mitochondrial DNA, chordate phylogeny, and the limits of inference based on comparisons of sequences.
Structural biology and phylogenetic estimation.
Characterization of an amphioxus wnt gene, AmphiWnt11, with possible roles in myogenesis and tail outgrowth.
Genomic complexity of the variable region-containing chitin-binding proteins in amphioxus.
Gene duplication events producing muscle (M) and brain (B) isoforms of cytoplasmic creatine kinase: cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences from two lower chordates.
Cloning and characterization of NEU2, a human gene homologous to rodent soluble sialidases.
Gallus gallus NEU3 sialidase as model to study protein evolution mechanism based on rapid evolving loops.
Identification and expression of NEU3, a novel human sialidase associated to the plasma membrane.
Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of sialidases from zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Molecular cloning and characterization of NEU4, the fourth member of the human sialidase gene family.
New insights on the sialidase protein family revealed by a phylogenetic analysis in metazoa.
Expression of the amphioxus Pit-1 gene (AmphiPOU1F1/Pit-1) exclusively in the developing preoral organ, a putative homolog of the vertebrate adenohypophysis.
An amphioxus snail gene: expression in paraxial mesoderm and neural plate suggests a conserved role in patterning the chordate embryo.
Novel genes dramatically alter regulatory network topology in amphioxus.
Development and evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm: comparative analysis of amphioxus and lamprey with implications for the acquisition of paired fins.
Evidence for Conservation of the Calcitonin Superfamily and Activity-regulating Mechanisms in the Basal Chordate Branchiostoma floridae: INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION IN CHORDATES.
Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the bHLH-PAS genes in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae reveal both conserved and diverged expression patterns between cephalochordates and vertebrates.
An amphioxus winged helix/forkhead gene, AmphiFoxD: insights into vertebrate neural crest evolution.
Tissue-specific expression of FoxD reporter constructs in amphioxus embryos.
Molecular analysis of the amphioxus frontal eye unravels the evolutionary origin of the retina and pigment cells of the vertebrate eye.
The origin and migration of the earliest-developing sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system of amphioxus.
Functional Pairing of Class B1 Ligand-GPCR in Cephalochordate Provides Evidence of the Origin of PTH and PACAP/Glucagon Receptor Family.
Molecular evolution of TEPP protein genes in metazoans.
TEPP, a new gene specifically expressed in testis, prostate, and placenta and well conserved in chordates.
Pax3/7 duplicated and diverged independently in amphioxus, the basal chordate lineage.
The single AmphiTrk receptor highlights increased complexity of neurotrophin signalling in vertebrates and suggests an early role in developing sensory neuroepidermal cells.
The synapsin gene family in basal chordates: evolutionary perspectives in metazoans.
An amphioxus LIM-homeobox gene, AmphiLim1/5, expressed early in the invaginating organizer region and later in differentiating cells of the kidney and central nervous system.
Asymmetric localization of germline markers Vasa and Nanos during early development in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae.
Distinct expression patterns of glycoprotein hormone-alpha2 and -beta5 in a basal chordate suggest independent developmental functions.
The amphioxus rab GDP-dissociation inhibitor (GDI) gene is neural-specific: implications for the evolution of chordate rab GDI genes.
Diversity of the troponin C genes during chordate evolution.
Tbx4/5 gene duplication and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages.
The single amphioxus Mox gene: insights into the functional evolution of Mox genes, somites, and the asymmetry of amphioxus somitogenesis.
An amphioxus Msx gene expressed predominantly in the dorsal neural tube.
Colinear and segmental expression of amphioxus Hox genes.
Characterization of two amphioxus Wnt genes (AmphiWnt4 and AmphiWnt7b) with early expression in the developing central nervous system.
Expression of phosphatase of regenerating liver family genes during embryogenesis: an evolutionary developmental analysis among Drosophila, amphioxus, and zebrafish.
Stepwise assembly of the Nova-regulated alternative splicing network in the vertebrate brain.
Evolution of the Alx homeobox gene family: parallel retention and independent loss of the vertebrate Alx3 gene.
Evolution of the NET (NocA, Nlz, Elbow, TLP-1) protein family in metazoans: insights from expression data and phylogenetic analysis.
Expression of germline markers in three species of amphioxus supports a preformation mechanism of germ cell development in cephalochordates.
Amphicoup-TF, a nuclear orphan receptor of the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae, is implicated in retinoic acid signalling pathways.
Cloning and developmental expression of amphioxus Dachschund.
A wide-range phylogenetic analysis of Zic proteins: implications for correlations between protein structure conservation and body plan complexity.
Isolation and developmental expression of the amphioxus Pax-6 gene (AmphiPax-6): insights into eye and photoreceptor evolution.
AmphiFoxE4, an amphioxus winged helix/forkhead gene encoding a protein closely related to vertebrate thyroid transcription factor-2: expression during pharyngeal development.
Differential mesodermal expression of two amphioxus MyoD family members (AmphiMRF1 and AmphiMRF2).