Evolution of Heat Sensors Drove Shifts in Thermosensation betweenXenopusSpecies Adapted to Different Thermal Niches

Functional diversity and evolutionary dynamics of thermoTRP channels

(2015) Shigeru Saito et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Efficient RNA/Cas9-mediated genome editing in Xenopus tropicalis

(2014) X. Guo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Heat and Noxious Chemical Sensor, Chicken TRPA1, as a Target of Bird Repellents and Identification of Its Structural Determinants by Multispecies Functional Comparison

(2014) Shigeru Saito et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Biallelic genome modification in F0Xenopus tropicalisembryos using the CRISPR/Cas system

(2013) Ira L. Blitz et al.   GENESIS

Simple and efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis inXenopus tropicalis

(2013) Takuya Nakayama et al.   GENESIS

Carboxyl-terminal Domain of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Contains Distinct Segments Differentially Involved in Capsaicin- and Heat-induced Desensitization

(2013) John Joseph et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Zebrafish Ortholog of TRPV1 Is Required for Heat-Induced Locomotion

(2013) P. Gau et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Synthetic Biology of Phenotypic Adaptation in Vertebrates: The Next Frontier

(2013) S. Yokoyama   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Species differences and molecular determinant of TRPA1 cold sensitivity

(2013) Jun Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Analysis of Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) in Frogs and Lizards Illuminates Both Nociceptive Heat and Chemical Sensitivities and Coexpression with TRP Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in Ancestral Vertebrates

(2012) Shigeru Saito et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization ofXenopus tropicalisFrog Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Reveal Its Functional Evolution for Heat, Acid, and Capsaicin Sensitivities in Terrestrial Vertebrates

(2011) Masashi Ohkita et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evolution of Vertebrate Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 3 Channels: Opposite Temperature Sensitivity between Mammals and Western Clawed Frogs

(2011) Shigeru Saito et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Bivalent Tarantula Toxin Activates the Capsaicin Receptor, TRPV1, by Targeting the Outer Pore Domain

(2010) Christopher J. Bohlen et al.   CELL

Xenopus tropicalis: An Ideal Experimental Animal in Amphibia

(2010) Keiko KASHIWAGI et al.   EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

Molecular basis of infrared detection by snakes

(2010) Elena O. Gracheva et al.   NATURE

The Genome of the Western Clawed Frog Xenopus tropicalis

(2010) U. Hellsten et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of Thermal Response Properties in a Cold-Activated TRP Channel

(2009) Benjamin R. Myers et al.   PLoS One

Calcium Plays a Central Role in the Sensitization of TRPV3 Channel to Repetitive Stimulations

(2008) Rui Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Zebrafish TRPA1 Channels Are Required for Chemosensation But Not for Thermosensation or Mechanosensory Hair Cell Function

(2008) D. A. Prober et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE