Neuronal map reveals the highly regionalized pattern of the juvenile central nervous system of the ascidianCiona intestinalis

Time course for tail regression during metamorphosis of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2015) Shohei Matsunobu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Guidelines for the nomenclature of genetic elements in tunicate genomes

(2014) Alberto Stolfi et al.   GENESIS

Chordate evolution and the three-phylum system

(2014) N. Satoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2013) N. Treen et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Retinoic acid-driven Hox1 is required in the epidermis for forming the otic/atrial placodes during ascidian metamorphosis

(2012) Y. Sasakura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Ascidians as excellent chordate models for studying the development of the nervous system during embryogenesis and metamorphosis

(2012) Yasunori Sasakura et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Neuronal subtype specification in the spinal cord of a protovertebrate

(2011) A. Stolfi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: the tunicates

(2011) P. Lemaire   DEVELOPMENT

Peptidomic Analysis of the Central Nervous System of the Protochordate,Ciona intestinalis: Homologs and Prototypes of Vertebrate Peptides and Novel Peptides

(2011) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

A glycine receptor is involved in the organization of swimming movements in an invertebrate chordate

(2010) Atsuo Nishino et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Cell type and function of neurons in the ascidian nervous system

(2010) Takeo Horie et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

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

(2010) Takeo Horie et al.   NATURE

Simple Motor System of the Ascidian Larva: Neuronal Complex Comprising Putative Cholinergic and GABAergic/Glycinergic Neurons

(2010) Takeo Horie et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Maternal factor-mediated epigenetic gene silencing in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2009) Yasunori Sasakura et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Gene regulatory networks underlying the compartmentalization of the Ciona central nervous system

(2008) K. S. Imai et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

(2008) L. Z. Holland et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Glutamatergic networks in theCiona intestinalis larva

(2008) Takeo Horie et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE