An anterior signaling center patterns and sizes the anterior neuroectoderm of the sea urchin embryo

Neurogenesis in sea urchin embryos and the diversity of deuterostome neurogenic mechanisms

(2015) Sarah Garner et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Neuronal organization of the brain in the adult amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum): A study with acetylated tubulin immunohistochemistry

(2015) Antonio Castro et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Larval body patterning and apical organs are conserved in animal evolution

(2014) Heather Marlow et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Specification and positioning of the anterior neuroectoderm in deuterostome embryos

(2014) Ryan Range   GENESIS

Sea urchin neural development and the metazoan paradigm of neurogenesis

(2014) Robert D. Burke et al.   GENESIS

Encoding regulatory state boundaries in the pregastrular oral ectoderm of the sea urchin embryo

(2014) E. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Fox/Forkhead transcription factor family of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2014) Jens H Fritzenwanker et al.   EvoDevo

Ectopic activation of the canonical wnt signaling pathway affects ectodermal patterning along the primary axis during larval development in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis

(2013) Heather Marlow et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Integration of anterior neural plate patterning and morphogenesis by the Wnt signaling pathway

(2013) Florencia Cavodeassi   Developmental Neurobiology

Integration of Canonical and Noncanonical Wnt Signaling Pathways Patterns the Neuroectoderm Along the Anterior–Posterior Axis of Sea Urchin Embryos

(2013) Ryan C. Range et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Bilaterian Head Patterning Gene six3/6 Controls Aboral Domain Development in a Cnidarian

(2013) Chiara Sinigaglia et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Essential role of Dkk3 for head formation by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin and Nodal/Vg1 signaling pathways in the basal chordate amphioxus

(2012) Takayuki Onai et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Characterization of sFRP2-like in amphioxus: insights into the evolutionary conservation of Wnt antagonizing function

(2012) Weihua Kong et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Ancient deuterostome origins of vertebrate brain signalling centres

(2012) Ariel M. Pani et al.   NATURE

Secreted and Transmembrane Wnt Inhibitors and Activators

(2012) C.-M. Cruciat et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A Framework for the Establishment of a Cnidarian Gene Regulatory Network for “Endomesoderm” Specification: The Inputs of ß-Catenin/TCF Signaling

(2012) Eric Röttinger et al.   PLoS Genetics

Targeting the Wnt pathway in cancer: The emerging role of Dickkopf-3

(2011) Jürgen Veeck et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-REVIEWS ON CANCER

 -Catenin specifies the endomesoderm and defines the posterior organizer of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

(2011) S. Darras et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Fez function is required to maintain the size of the animal plate in the sea urchin embryo

(2011) S. Yaguchi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Secreted frizzled-related proteins are required for Wnt/ -catenin signalling activation in the vertebrate optic cup

(2011) P. Esteve et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Secreted Wnt “inhibitors” are not just inhibitors: Regulation of extracellular Wnt by secreted Frizzled-related proteins

(2011) Yusuke Mii et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Zinc finger homeobox is required for the differentiation of serotonergic neurons in the sea urchin embryo

(2011) Junko Yaguchi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Brain regionalization: Of signaling centers and boundaries

(2011) Florencia Cavodeassi et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Six3 demarcates the anterior-most developing brain region in bilaterian animals

(2011) Patrick RH Steinmetz et al.   EvoDevo

Candidate Gene Screen in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Reveals Six3 as Ancient Regulator of Anterior Median Head and Central Complex Development

(2011) Nico Posnien et al.   PLoS Genetics

ankAT-1 is a novel gene mediating the apical tuft formation in the sea urchin embryo

(2010) Shunsuke Yaguchi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Analysis of Dickkopf3 interactions with Wnt signaling receptors

(2010) Rei E. I. Nakamura et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

Novel intronic microRNA represses zebrafish myf5 promoter activity through silencing dickkopf-3 gene

(2010) Ren-Jun Hsu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Secreted Frizzled-related proteins enhance the diffusion of Wnt ligands and expand their signalling range

(2009) Y. Mii et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The sea urchin animal pole domain is a Six3-dependent neurogenic patterning center

(2009) Z. Wei et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Gene Duplication, Co-Option and Recruitment during the Origin of the Vertebrate Brain from the Invertebrate Chordate Brain

(2008) Linda Z. Holland et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2008) F. Rentzsch et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Wnt-FoxQ2-Nodal Pathway Links Primary and Secondary Axis Specification in Sea Urchin Embryos

(2008) Shunsuke Yaguchi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Beyond Wnt inhibition: new functions of secreted Frizzled-related proteins in development and disease

(2008) P. Bovolenta et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Regulation of Endothelial Cell Cytoskeletal Reorganization by a Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein-1 and Frizzled 4- and Frizzled 7-Dependent Pathway

(2007) Pascale Dufourcq et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY