Molecular and functional characterization of cionin receptors in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis: the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate cholecystokinin/gastrin family

Peptidomic Analysis of the Central Nervous System of the Protochordate,Ciona intestinalis: Homologs and Prototypes of Vertebrate Peptides and Novel Peptides

(2011) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The CCK(-like) receptor in the animal kingdom: Functions, evolution and structures

(2010) Dorien Staljanssens et al.   PEPTIDES

Neuropeptides, Hormone Peptides, and Their Receptors inCiona intestinalis:An Update

(2010) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Discovery of a Cholecystokinin-Gastrin-Like Signaling System in Nematodes

(2008) Tom Janssen et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Novel Biological Role of Tachykinins as an Up-Regulator of Oocyte Growth: Identification of an Evolutionary Origin of Tachykininergic Functions in the Ovary of the Ascidian,Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Masato Aoyama et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE