PaxA, but not PaxC, is required for cnidocyte development in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

An Evolutionarily Conserved SoxB-Hdac2 Crosstalk Regulates Neurogenesis in a Cnidarian

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Do novel genes drive morphological novelty? An investigation of the nematosomes in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

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The Mesoderm-Forming Gene brachyury Regulates Ectoderm-Endoderm Demarcation in the Coral Acropora digitifera

(2016) Yuuri Yasuoka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

“Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of functional divergence among Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) subfamilies”

(2015) Ved Vrat Verma et al.   Biology Direct

Loss of neurogenesis inHydraleads to compensatory regulation of neurogenic and neurotransmission genes in epithelial cells

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Gene Expression Data from the Moon Jelly, Aurelia, Provide Insights into the Evolution of the Combinatorial Code Controlling Animal Sense Organ Development

(2015) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   PLoS One

Diversity and evolution of myxozoan minicollagens and nematogalectins

(2014) Erez Shpirer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transgenic analysis of a SoxB gene reveals neural progenitor cells in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis

(2014) G. S. Richards et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Pax genes: regulators of lineage specification and progenitor cell maintenance

(2014) J. A. Blake et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Old Cell, New Trick? Cnidocytes as a Model for the Evolution of Novelty

(2014) L. S. Babonis et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The Dynamically Evolving Nematocyst Content of an Anthozoan, a Scyphozoan, and a Hydrozoan

(2014) Tamar Rachamim et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of the Pax-Six-Eya-Dach network: the calcisponge case study

(2014) Sofia AV Fortunato et al.   EvoDevo

Microinjection of mRNA or morpholinos for reverse genetic analysis in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2013) Michael J Layden et al.   Nature Protocols

Characterizing the spatiotemporal expression of RNAs and proteins in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

(2013) Francis S Wolenski et al.   Nature Protocols

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

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Proteome of Hydra Nematocyst

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Analysis of Soluble Protein Contents from the Nematocysts of a Model Sea Anemone Sheds Light on Venom Evolution

(2012) Yehu Moran et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Venom Proteome of the Box Jellyfish Chironex fleckeri

(2012) Diane L. Brinkman et al.   PLoS One

A Framework for the Establishment of a Cnidarian Gene Regulatory Network for “Endomesoderm” Specification: The Inputs of ß-Catenin/TCF Signaling

(2012) Eric Röttinger et al.   PLoS Genetics

Characterization of taxonomically restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type

(2012) Sabine Milde et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Complex functions of Mef2 splice variants in the differentiation of endoderm and of a neuronal cell type in a sea anemone

(2011) G. Genikhovich et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A two-step process in the emergence of neurogenesis

(2011) Brigitte Galliot et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Morphological and Molecular Analysis of the Nematostella vectensis Cnidom

(2011) Claudia Zenkert et al.   PLoS One

Origin of Pax and Six gene families in sponges: Single PaxB and Six1/2 orthologs in Chalinula loosanoffi

(2010) April Hill et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Non-sulfated Chondroitin Stabilizes Membrane Tubulation in Cnidarian Organelles

(2010) Patrizia Adamczyk et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Unexpected Repertoire of Metazoan Transcription Factors in the Unicellular Holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki

(2010) A. Sebe-Pedros et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Flexibly deployed Pax genes in eye development at the early evolution of animals demonstrated by studies on a hydrozoan jellyfish

(2010) H. Suga et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nematogalectin, a nematocyst protein with GlyXY and galectin domains, demonstrates nematocyte-specific alternative splicing in Hydra

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Acontia and mesentery nematocysts of the sea anemone Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

(2010) Carina Östman et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

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

Development of the rhopalial nervous system in Aurelia sp.1 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

(2009) Nagayasu Nakanishi et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Origins of neurogenesis, a cnidarian view

(2009) Brigitte Galliot et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Anatomy and development of the nervous system ofNematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian

(2009) Heather Q. Marlow et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution?

(2009) Konstantin Khalturin et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Exploration of Human ORFeome: High-Throughput Preparation of ORF Clones and Efficient Characterization of Their Protein Products

(2008) T. Nagase et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Concise Review: Pax6 Transcription Factor Contributes to both Embryonic and Adult Neurogenesis as a Multifunctional Regulator

(2008) Noriko Osumi et al.   STEM CELLS

Evolution of complex structures: minicollagens shape the cnidarian nematocyst

(2008) Charles N. David et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Minicollagen-15, a Novel Minicollagen Isolated from Hydra, Forms Tubule Structures in Nematocysts

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