Heterologous functional expression of ascidian Nav1 channels and close relationship with the evolutionary ancestor of vertebrate Nav channels

Molecular basis for pore blockade of human Na+ channel Nav1.2 by the μ-conotoxin KIIIA

(2019) Xiaojing Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic discovery of ion channel genes in the central nervous system of the lamprey Petromyzon marinus

(2019) Adam J. Northcutt et al.   Marine Genomics

A Nearly Complete Genome of Ciona intestinalis Type A (C. robusta) Reveals the Contribution of Inversion to Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Ciona

(2019) Yutaka Satou et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Convergent and parallel evolution in a voltage-gated sodium channel underlies TTX-resistance in the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus: Hapalochlaena lunulata

(2019) Shana L. Geffeney et al.   TOXICON

Cross-kingdom auxiliary subunit modulation of a voltage-gated sodium channel

(2018) Steven Molinarolo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

(2018) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

(2018) Andrew Waterhouse et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Xenopus oocyte model system to study action potentials

(2018) Aaron Corbin-Leftwich et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Shared evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest and cranial placodes

(2018) Ryoko Horie et al.   NATURE

Structure of the human voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4 in complex with β1

(2018) Xiaojing Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanisms of noncovalent β subunit regulation of Na V channel gating

(2017) Wandi Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

The chemical basis for electrical signaling

(2017) William A Catterall et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evaluating Tools for Live Imaging of Structural Plasticity at the Axon Initial Segment

(2016) Adna S. Dumitrescu et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Bilaterian Giant Ankyrins Have a Common Evolutionary Origin and Play a Conserved Role in Patterning the Axon Initial Segment

(2016) Timothy Jegla et al.   PLoS Genetics

The CNS connectome of a tadpole larva of Ciona intestinalis (L.) highlights sidedness in the brain of a chordate sibling

(2016) Kerrianne Ryan et al.   eLife

The pre-vertebrate origins of neurogenic placodes

(2015) Philip Barron Abitua et al.   NATURE

Morphological Differences between Larvae of the Ciona intestinalis Species Complex: Hints for a Valid Taxonomic Definition of Distinct Species

(2015) Roberta Pennati et al.   PLoS One

Giant ankyrin-G: A critical innovation in vertebrate evolution of fast and integrated neuronal signaling

(2015) Paul M. Jenkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biophysics, pathophysiology, and pharmacology of ion channel gating pores

(2014) Adrien Moreau et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Voltage-gated sodium channels at 60: structure, function and pathophysiology

(2012) William A. Catterall   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

A mechanism for graded motor control encoded in the channel properties of the muscle ACh receptor

(2011) A. Nishino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Toward the estimation of the absolute quality of individual protein structure models

(2010) Pascal Benkert et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Automated comparative protein structure modeling with SWISS-MODEL and Swiss-PdbViewer: A historical perspective

(2010) Nicolas Guex et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Ependymal cells of chordate larvae are stem-like cells that form the adult nervous system

(2010) Takeo Horie et al.   NATURE

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

Ion Channel Clustering at the Axon Initial Segment and Node of Ranvier Evolved Sequentially in Early Chordates

(2008) Alexis S. Hill et al.   PLoS Genetics

Improved genome assembly and evidence-based global gene model set for the chordate Ciona intestinalis: new insight into intron and operon populations

(2008) Yutaka Satou et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY