The gene regulatory system for specifying germ layers in early embryos of the simple chordate

Contact area–dependent cell communication and the morphological invariance of ascidian embryogenesis

(2020) Léo Guignard et al.   SCIENCE

The regulatory pathway from genes directly activated by maternal factors to muscle structural genes in ascidian embryos

(2019) Deli Yu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Gata is ubiquitously required for the earliest zygotic gene transcription in the ascidian embryo

(2019) Kaoru S. Imai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Distinct regulation ofSnailin two muscle lineages of the ascidian embryo achieves temporal coordination of muscle development

(2018) Miki Tokuoka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Dynamics of two key maternal factors that initiate zygotic regulatory programs in ascidian embryos

(2018) Izumi Oda-Ishii et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Differential gene expression along the animal-vegetal axis in the ascidian embryo is maintained by a dual functional protein Foxd

(2017) Shin-ichi Tokuhiro et al.   PLoS Genetics

Antagonism between β-catenin and Gata.a sequentially segregates the germ layers of ascidian embryos

(2016) Kaoru S. Imai et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Differential temporal control ofFoxa.aandZic-r.bspecifies brain versus notochord fate in the ascidian embryo

(2016) Tatsuro Ikeda et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Tfap2andSox1/2/3cooperatively specify ectodermal fates in ascidian embryos

(2016) Kaoru S. Imai et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Maternal System Initiating the Zygotic Developmental Program through Combinatorial Repression in the Ascidian Embryo

(2016) Izumi Oda-Ishii et al.   PLoS Genetics

Co-expression of Foxa.a, Foxd and Fgf9/16/20 defines a transient mesendoderm regulatory state in ascidian embryos

(2016) Clare Hudson et al.   eLife

Gene regulatory systems that control gene expression in the Ciona embryo

(2015) Yutaka SATOU et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Boolean Function for Neural Induction Reveals a Critical Role of Direct Intercellular Interactions in Patterning the Ectoderm of the Ascidian Embryo

(2015) Naoyuki Ohta et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Guidelines for the nomenclature of genetic elements in tunicate genomes

(2014) Alberto Stolfi et al.   GENESIS

β-Catenin-Driven Binary Fate Specification Segregates Germ Layers in Ascidian Embryos

(2013) Clare Hudson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A time delay gene circuit is required for palp formation in the ascidian embryo

(2013) T. Ikeda et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Multiple Signaling Pathways Coordinate to Induce a Threshold Response in a Chordate Embryo

(2013) Naoyuki Ohta et al.   PLoS Genetics

Predictive computation of genomic logic processing functions in embryonic development

(2012) I. S. Peter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cis-Acting Transcriptional Repression Establishes a Sharp Boundary in Chordate Embryos

(2012) K. S. Imai et al.   SCIENCE

A Maternal Factor Unique to Ascidians Silences the Germline via Binding to P-TEFb and RNAP II Regulation

(2011) Gaku Kumano et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ci-Pem-1 localizes to the nucleus and represses somatic gene transcription in the germline of Ciona intestinalis embryos

(2011) M. Shirae-Kurabayashi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

INTROGRESSION DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL DIVERGENCE IN A BROADCAST SPAWNING MARINE INVERTEBRATE

(2010) Marie L. Nydam et al.   EVOLUTION

Spatio-temporal intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 defines the cardiac field through synergistic activation of Mesp

(2009) Lionel Christiaen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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