GPCRs Direct Germline Development and Somatic Gonad Function in Planarians

SmedGD 2.0: TheSchmidtea mediterraneagenome database

(2015) Sofia M.C. Robb et al.   GENESIS

A lophotrochozoan-specific nuclear hormone receptor is required for reproductive system development in the planarian

(2014) Marla E. Tharp et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Human schistosomiasis

(2014) Daniel G Colley et al.   LANCET

Insights into the Origin of Nematode Chemosensory GPCRs: Putative Orthologs of the Srw Family Are Found across Several Phyla of Protostomes

(2014) Arunkumar Krishnan et al.   PLoS One

A DTC Niche Plexus Surrounds the Germline Stem Cell Pool in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2014) Dana T. Byrd et al.   PLoS One

In situ hybridization protocol for enhanced detection of gene expression in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

(2013) Ryan S King et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Adult somatic stem cells in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

(2013) James J. Collins III et al.   NATURE

Global view of the evolution and diversity of metazoan neuropeptide signaling

(2013) G. Jekely   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A sex-specific transcription factor controls male identity in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

(2013) Tracy Chong et al.   Nature Communications

Germline Stem Cells: Origin and Destiny

(2012) Ruth Lehmann   Cell Stem Cell

Sensory Regulation of the C. elegans Germline through TGF-β-Dependent Signaling in the Niche

(2012) Diana Dalfó et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Strain-Specific and Conserved Stemness Genes in Schmidtea mediterranea

(2012) Alissa M. Resch et al.   PLoS One

Novel RNAi-Mediated Approach to G Protein-Coupled Receptor Deorphanization: Proof of Principle and Characterization of a Planarian 5-HT Receptor

(2012) Mostafa Zamanian et al.   PLoS One

Vasopressin/Oxytocin-Related Signaling Regulates Gustatory Associative Learning in C. elegans

(2012) I. Beets et al.   SCIENCE

A Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Conserved Features of Stem Cell Pluripotency in Planarians and Mammals

(2012) Roselyne M. Labbé et al.   STEM CELLS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Transcriptome Analysis of the Planarian Eye Identifies ovo as a Specific Regulator of Eye Regeneration

(2012) Sylvain W. Lapan et al.   Cell Reports

A Novel G Protein-Coupled Receptor of Schistosoma mansoni (SmGPR-3) Is Activated by Dopamine and Is Widely Expressed in the Nervous System

(2012) Fouad El-Shehabi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Molecular markers to characterize the hermaphroditic reproductive system of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

(2011) Tracy Chong et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni and the model organism Schmidtea mediterranea

(2011) Mostafa Zamanian et al.   BMC GENOMICS

G protein-coupled receptors involved in GnRH regulation: Molecular insights from human disease

(2011) Sekoni D. Noel et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

The evolution of gene expression levels in mammalian organs

(2011) David Brawand et al.   NATURE

Characterization of a Truncated Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor in a Primitive Metazoan, the Parasitic Flatworm Schistosoma mansoni

(2011) Amira Taman et al.   PLoS One

Accelerated Profile HMM Searches

(2011) Sean R. Eddy   PLoS Computational Biology

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and its receptor PAC1 in the testis of Triturus carnifex and Podarcis sicula

(2010) Marisa Agnese et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Analysis of motor function modulated by cholinergic neurons in planarian dugesia japonica

(2010) K. Nishimura et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Genome-Wide Analyses Reveal a Role for Peptide Hormones in Planarian Germline Development

(2010) James J. Collins et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identification of a Novel Planarian G-Protein-Coupled Receptor That Responds to Serotonin in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

(2009) Kaneyasu Nishimura et al.   BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN

Investigation of a dopamine receptor in Schistosoma mansoni: Functional studies and immunolocalization

(2009) Amira Taman et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Two Chemoreceptors Mediate Developmental Effects of Dauer Pheromone in C. elegans

(2009) K. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Proteases for Processing Proneuropeptides into Peptide Neurotransmitters and Hormones

(2008) Vivian Hook et al.   Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Discovery of a Cholecystokinin-Gastrin-Like Signaling System in Nematodes

(2008) Tom Janssen et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Mutations inProkineticin 2andProkineticin receptor 2genes in Human Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Deficiency: Molecular Genetics and Clinical Spectrum

(2008) Lindsay W. Cole et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

TAC3 and TACR3 mutations in familial hypogonadotropic hypogonadism reveal a key role for Neurokinin B in the central control of reproduction

(2008) A Kemal Topaloglu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mapping and quantifying mammalian transcriptomes by RNA-Seq

(2008) Ali Mortazavi et al.   NATURE METHODS

 -Catenin Defines Head Versus Tail Identity During Planarian Regeneration and Homeostasis

(2007) K. A. Gurley et al.   SCIENCE