Parallel Evolution of Chordate Cis-Regulatory Code for Development

Highly conserved elements discovered in vertebrates are present in non-syntenic loci of tunicates, act as enhancers and can be transcribed during development

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Optimized conditions for transgenesis of the ascidian Ciona using square wave electroporation

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Identification of Arx targets unveils new candidates for controlling cortical interneuron migration and differentiation

(2012) Gaëlle Friocourt   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Human Developmental Enhancers Conserved between Deuterostomes and Protostomes

(2012) Shoa L. Clarke et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evolution of anterior Hox regulatory elements among chordates

(2011) Alfonso Natale et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Ancient Pbx-Hox signatures define hundreds of vertebrate developmental enhancers

(2011) Hugo J Parker et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome-wide identification of conserved regulatory function in diverged sequences

(2011) L. Taher et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Transposon-mediated BAC transgenesis in zebrafish

(2011) Maximiliano L Suster et al.   Nature Protocols

Ensembl 2012

(2011) P. Flicek et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Transphyletic conservation of developmental regulatory state in animal evolution

(2011) J. L. Royo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The ANISEED database: Digital representation, formalization, and elucidation of a chordate developmental program

(2010) O. Tassy et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The Importance of Being Cis: Evolution of Orthologous Fish and Mammalian Enhancer Activity

(2010) Deborah I. Ritter et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

How Fast Is the Sessile Ciona?

(2009) Luisa Berná et al.   COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS

Highly Divergent Gene Expression Programs Can Lead to Similar Chordate Larval Body Plans

(2009) Daniel Sobral et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

JASPAR 2010: the greatly expanded open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles

(2009) Elodie Portales-Casamar et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Early Evolution of Conserved Regulatory Sequences Associated with Development in Vertebrates

(2009) Gayle K. McEwen et al.   PLoS Genetics

The TRANSFAC project as an example of framework technology that supports the analysis of genomic regulation

(2008) E. Wingender   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Cis-regulatory organization of the Pax6 gene in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Steven Q. Irvine et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

EnsemblCompara GeneTrees: Complete, duplication-aware phylogenetic trees in vertebrates

(2008) A. J. Vilella et al.   GENOME RESEARCH