Differentiation of endostyle cells by Nkx2-1 and FoxE in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis type A: insights into shared gene regulation in glandular- and thyroid-equivalent elements of the chordate endostyle

Thyroid and endostyle development in cyclostomes provides new insights into the evolutionary history of vertebrates

(2022) Wataru Takagi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Nkx2-1 and FoxE regionalize glandular (mucus-producing) and thyroid-equivalent traits in the endostyle of the chordate Oikopleura dioica

(2021) Takeshi A. Onuma et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mouth opening is mediated by separation of dorsal and ventral daughter cells of the lip precursor cells in the larvacean, Oikopleura dioica

(2020) Ryo Morita et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

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

A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

(2018) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Complex mammalian-like haematopoietic system found in a colonial chordate

(2018) Benyamin Rosental et al.   NATURE

Transcriptional regulation of a horizontally transferred gene from bacterium to chordate

(2016) Yasunori Sasakura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hox10-regulated endodermal cell migration is essential for development of the ascidian intestine

(2015) Narudo Kawai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

DNA interference: DNA-induced gene silencing in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica

(2015) T. Omotezako et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Nodal signaling pathway controls left-right asymmetric development in amphioxus

(2015) Vladimir Soukup et al.   EvoDevo

Germ cell mutations of the ascidianCiona intestinaliswith TALE nucleases

(2014) Keita Yoshida et al.   GENESIS

The regulatory network of B-cell differentiation: a focused view of early B-cell factor 1 function

(2014) Sören Boller et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Thyroid transcription factors in development, differentiation and disease

(2014) Lara P. Fernández et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Tissue-specific and ubiquitous gene knockouts by TALEN electroporation provide new approaches to investigating gene function in Ciona

(2013) N. Treen et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Recent Insights into the Cell Biology of Thyroid Angiofollicular Units

(2013) Ides M. Colin et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

Efficient identification of TALEN-mediated genome modifications using heteroduplex mobility assays

(2013) Satoshi Ota et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Repeating pattern of non-RVD variations in DNA-binding modules enhances TALEN activity

(2013) Tetsushi Sakuma et al.   Scientific Reports

OikoBase: a genomics and developmental transcriptomics resource for the urochordate Oikopleura dioica

(2012) Gemma Danks et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Efficient design and assembly of custom TALEN and other TAL effector-based constructs for DNA targeting

(2011) Tomas Cermak et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Morphogenesis of the thyroid gland

(2009) Henrik Fagman et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Evolution of developmental roles of Pax2/5/8 paralogs after independent duplication in urochordate and vertebrate lineages

(2008) Susan Bassham et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Identification of the Endostyle as a Stem Cell Niche in a Colonial Chordate

(2008) Ayelet Voskoboynik et al.   Cell Stem Cell