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

Evolution in Action: Giant Ankyrins Awake

(2015) Vann Bennett et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Hierarchical Microtubule Organization Controls Axon Caliber and Transport and Determines Synaptic Structure and Stability

(2015) Raiko Stephan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Ether-a-go-go family voltage-gated K+ channels evolved in an ancestral metazoan and functionally diversified in a cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor

(2015) X. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Neuronal polarity: an evolutionary perspective

(2015) M. M. Rolls et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Major diversification of voltage-gated K+channels occurred in ancestral parahoxozoans

(2015) Xiaofan Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome ofAiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

(2015) Sebastian Baumgarten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Characterization of Cnidarian HCN Channels Points to an Early Evolution of Ih

(2015) Emma C. Baker 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

The Evolution of the Four Subunits of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: Ancient Roots, Increasing Complexity, and Multiple Losses

(2014) Yehu Moran et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Analysis of Eight Transcriptomes from All Poriferan Classes Reveals Surprising Genetic Complexity in Sponges

(2014) Ana Riesgo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

(2014) Leonid L. Moroz et al.   NATURE

Functional evolution of Erg potassium channel gating reveals an ancient origin for IKr

(2014) A. S. Martinson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural basis of diverse membrane target recognitions by ankyrins

(2014) Chao Wang et al.   eLife

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

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

IA Channels

(2013) Yarimar Carrasquillo et al.   NEUROSCIENTIST

The Genome of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and Its Implications for Cell Type Evolution

(2013) J. F. Ryan et al.   SCIENCE

No Pasaran! Role of the axon initial segment in the regulation of protein transport and the maintenance of axonal identity

(2013) Christophe Leterrier et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Premetazoan genome evolution and the regulation of cell differentiation in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta

(2013) Stephen R Fairclough et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 Regulates the Polarized Trafficking of Neuropeptide-Containing Dense-Core Vesicles in Caenorhabditis elegans Motor Neurons

(2012) P. R. Goodwin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Whole Transcriptome Analysis of the CoralAcropora milleporaReveals Complex Responses to CO2-driven Acidification during the Initiation of Calcification

(2012) A. MOYA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Development of dendrite polarity in Drosophila neurons

(2012) Sarah E Hill et al.   Neural Development

Developmental Expression of Kv Potassium Channels at the Axon Initial Segment of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

(2012) Diana Sánchez-Ponce et al.   PLoS One

Expanded Functional Diversity of Shaker K+ Channels in Cnidarians Is Driven by Gene Expansion

(2012) Timothy Jegla et al.   PLoS One

Cdk5 Regulates the Size of an Axon Initial Segment-Like Compartment in Mushroom Body Neurons of the Drosophila Central Brain

(2011) S. Trunova et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

UNC-33 (CRMP) and ankyrin organize microtubules and localize kinesin to polarize axon-dendrite sorting

(2011) Tapan A Maniar et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The transient receptor potential family of ion channels

(2011) Bernd Nilius et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Building and maintaining the axon initial segment

(2010) Matthew S Grubb et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Hooks and comets: The story of microtubule polarity orientation in the neuron

(2010) Peter W. Baas et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Ankyrin G restricts ion channel diffusion at the axonal initial segment before the establishment of the diffusion barrier

(2010) Anna Brachet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

SIDL interacts with the dendritic targeting motif of Shal (Kv4) K+ channels in Drosophila

(2010) Fengqiu Diao et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Light-avoidance-mediating photoreceptors tile the Drosophila larval body wall

(2010) Yang Xiang et al.   NATURE

The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

(2010) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

Deletion of the potassium channel Kv12.2 causes hippocampal hyperexcitability and epilepsy

(2010) Xiaofei Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The homeodomain complement of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi suggests that Ctenophora and Porifera diverged prior to the ParaHoxozoa

(2010) Joseph F Ryan et al.   EvoDevo

A Selective Filter for Cytoplasmic Transport at the Axon Initial Segment

(2009) Ai-hong Song et al.   CELL

Evolution of the Human Ion Channel Set

(2009) Surendra Nayak et al.   COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY & HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING

Intra-axonal Patterning: Intrinsic Compartmentalization of the Axonal Membrane in Drosophila Neurons

(2009) Takeo Katsuki et al.   NEURON

The functional organization and assembly of the axon initial segment

(2008) Yasuhiro Ogawa et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Postsynaptic Density-93 Clusters Kv1 Channels at Axon Initial Segments Independently of Caspr2

(2008) Y. Ogawa et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Microtubules Have Opposite Orientation in Axons and Dendrites of Drosophila Neurons

(2008) Michelle C. Stone et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

(2008) Mansi Srivastava et al.   NATURE

The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans

(2008) Nicole King et al.   NATURE

Drosophila Ankyrin 2 Is Required for Synaptic Stability

(2008) Iris Koch et al.   NEURON

A Presynaptic Giant Ankyrin Stabilizes the NMJ through Regulation of Presynaptic Microtubules and Transsynaptic Cell Adhesion

(2008) Jan Pielage et al.   NEURON

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

Distinct Dgrip84 Isoforms Correlate with Distinct γ-Tubulins in Drosophila

(2007) Christiane Wiese   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL