Ambulacrarian insulin-related peptides and their putative receptors suggest how insulin and similar peptides may have evolved from insulin-like growth factor

Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Painted Sea Urchin Lytechinus pictus: A Genetically Enabled Model System for Cell Biology and Embryonic Development

(2021) Jacob F Warner et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Identification of Gonadulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor From Migratory Locusts and Their Importance in Reproduction in Locusta migratoria

(2021) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

An Initial Comparative Genomic Autopsy of Wasting Disease in Sea Stars

(2020) Dannise V. Ruiz‐Ramos et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Oocyte Maturation in Starfish

(2020) Kazuyoshi Chiba   Cells

Chromosomal-level genome assembly of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus substantially improves functional genomic analyses

(2020) Phillip L Davidson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Discovery of polypeptide ligand‐receptor pairs based on their co‐evolution

(2020) Aaron J. W. Hsueh et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Physiology and evolution of the INSL3/RXFP2 hormone/receptor system in higher vertebrates

(2020) Richard Ivell et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Arthropod IGF, relaxin and gonadulin, putative orthologs of Drosophila insulin-like peptides 6, 7 and 8, likely originated from an ancient gene triplication

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

Gonadulins, the fourth type of insulin-related peptides in decapods

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Diverse functions of insulin-like 3 peptide

(2020) Maria Esteban-Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

A novel G protein-coupled receptor for starfish gonadotropic hormone, relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide

(2020) Masatoshi Mita et al.   PLoS One

Aquaculture Breeding Enhancement: Maturation and Spawning in Sea Cucumbers Using a Recombinant Relaxin-Like Gonad-Stimulating Peptide

(2019) Hoang Dinh Chieu et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

SignalP 5.0 improves signal peptide predictions using deep neural networks

(2019) José Juan Almagro Armenteros et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Temperature and insulin signaling regulate body size in Hydra by the Wnt and TGF-beta pathways

(2019) Benedikt M. Mortzfeld et al.   Nature Communications

A Crown-of-Thorns Seastar recombinant relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide triggers oocyte maturation and ovulation

(2019) Meaghan K. Smith et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest

(2017) Michael R. Hall et al.   NATURE

The sea cucumber genome provides insights into morphological evolution and visceral regeneration

(2017) Xiaojun Zhang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Draft genome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and genetic polymorphism among color variants

(2017) Jihoon Jo et al.   GigaScience

Cellular localization of relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide expression inAsterias rubens: New insights into neurohormonal control of spawning in starfish

(2016) Ming Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

A minimized human insulin-receptor-binding motif revealed in a Conus geographus venom insulin

(2016) John G Menting et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A minimized human insulin-receptor-binding motif revealed in a Conus geographus venom insulin

(2016) John G Menting et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

(2016) Dean C. Semmens et al.   Open Biology

Drosophila Lgr3 Couples Organ Growth with Maturation and Ensures Developmental Stability

(2015) Julien Colombani et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins

(2015) Oleg Simakov et al.   NATURE

A brain circuit that synchronizes growth and maturation revealed through Dilp8 binding to Lgr3

(2015) Diana M. Vallejo et al.   SCIENCE

Dilp8 requires the neuronal relaxin receptor Lgr3 to couple growth to developmental timing

(2015) Andres Garelli et al.   Nature Communications

Neuronal Control of Metabolism through Nutrient-Dependent Modulation of Tracheal Branching

(2014) Gerit A. Linneweber et al.   CELL

Characterization of insulin-like peptides (ILPs) in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Insights on the evolution of the insulin family

(2014) Margherita Perillo et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Female-biased dimorphism underlies a female-specific role for post-embryonic Ilp7 neurons in Drosophila fertility

(2013) M. C. Castellanos et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Molecular evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in bilaterians

(2013) O. Mirabeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gentamicin Binds to the Megalin Receptor as a Competitive Inhibitor Using the Common Ligand Binding Motif of Complement Type Repeats

(2012) Robert Dagil et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Imaginal Discs Secrete Insulin-Like Peptide 8 to Mediate Plasticity of Growth and Maturation

(2012) A. Garelli et al.   SCIENCE

In silico cloning of genes encoding neuropeptides, neurohormones and their putative G-protein coupled receptors in a spider mite

(2011) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

Structural Basis for Specific Recognition of Reelin by Its Receptors

(2010) Norihisa Yasui et al.   STRUCTURE

A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

(2009) M. Mita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila Egg-Laying Site Selection as a System to Study Simple Decision-Making Processes

(2008) C.-h. Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Postmitotic Specification of Drosophila Insulinergic Neurons from Pioneer Neurons

(2008) Irene Miguel-Aliaga et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY