MeSH Review:
Urochordata
- Light-harvesting chlorophyll c-like pigment in Prochloron. Larkum, A.W., Scaramuzzi, C., Cox, G.C., Hiller, R.G., Turner, A.G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1994)
- Novel, secondary sensory cell organ in ascidians: in search of the ancestor of the vertebrate lateral line. Burighel, P., Lane, N.J., Fabio, G., Stefano, T., Zaniolo, G., Carnevali, M.D., Manni, L. J. Comp. Neurol. (2003)
- Chemical defense in ascidians of the didemnidae family. Joullié, M.M., Leonard, M.S., Portonovo, P., Liang, B., Ding, X., La Clair, J.J. Bioconjug. Chem. (2003)
- Complement-related serine proteases in tunicates and vertebrates. Matsushita, M., Endo, Y., Nonaka, M., Fujita, T. Curr. Opin. Immunol. (1998)
- Chasing tails in ascidians: developmental insights into the origin and evolution of chordates. Satoh, N., Jeffery, W.R. Trends Genet. (1995)
- Phylogenetic analysis of platelet-derived growth factor by radio-receptor assay. Singh, J.P., Chaikin, M.A., Stiles, C.D. J. Cell Biol. (1982)
- A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis. Matthysse, A.G., Deschet, K., Williams, M., Marry, M., White, A.R., Smith, W.C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2004)
- Isolation and expression of a Pax-6 gene in the regenerating and intact Planarian Dugesia(G)tigrina. Callaerts, P., Munoz-Marmol, A.M., Glardon, S., Castillo, E., Sun, H., Li, W.H., Gehring, W.J., Salo, E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- Sperm-induced calcium oscillations at fertilisation in ascidians are controlled by cyclin B1-dependent kinase activity. Levasseur, M., McDougall, A. Development (2000)
- Making very similar embryos with divergent genomes: conservation of regulatory mechanisms of Otx between the ascidians Halocynthia roretzi and Ciona intestinalis. Oda-Ishii, I., Bertrand, V., Matsuo, I., Lemaire, P., Saiga, H. Development (2005)
- Notochord morphogenesis: a prickly subject for ascidians. Tada, M. Curr. Biol. (2005)
- Allorecognition in colonial tunicates: protection against predatory cell lineages? Magor, B.G., De Tomaso, A., Rinkevich, B., Weissman, I.L. Immunol. Rev. (1999)
- The absence of nidogen 1 does not affect murine basement membrane formation. Murshed, M., Smyth, N., Miosge, N., Karolat, J., Krieg, T., Paulsson, M., Nischt, R. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2000)
- Identification of a cytoskeletal protein localized in the myoplasm of ascidian eggs: localization is modified during anural development. Swalla, B.J., Badgett, M.R., Jeffery, W.R. Development (1991)
- Isolation, purification, and amino acid composition of the tunicate hemocyte Thy-1 homolog. Mansour, M.H., DeLange, R., Cooper, E.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1985)
- Sperm binding to eggs of Ciona intestinalis. Role of Ca2+. Casazza, G., De Santis, R., Pinto, M.R. Exp. Cell Res. (1984)
- An evolutionary change in the muscle lineage of an anural ascidian embryo is restored by interspecific hybridization with a urodele ascidian. Jeffery, W.R., Swalla, B.J. Dev. Biol. (1991)
- Ancient origin of the complement lectin pathway revealed by molecular cloning of mannan binding protein-associated serine protease from a urochordate, the Japanese ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi. Ji, X., Azumi, K., Sasaki, M., Nonaka, M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Ascidian eggs release glycosidase activity which aids in the block against polyspermy. Lambert, C.C. Development (1989)
- Vanadium K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals species differences within the same ascidian genera. A comparison of whole blood from Ascidia nigra and Ascidia ceratodes. Frank, P., Hodgson, K.O., Kustin, K., Robinson, W.E. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Occurrence of heparin in the invertebrate styela plicata (Tunicata) is restricted to cell layers facing the outside environment. An ancient role in defense? Cavalcante, M.C., Allodi, S., Valente, A.P., Straus, A.H., Takahashi, H.K., Mourão, P.A., Pavão, M.S. J. Biol. Chem. (2000)
- Trehalose as a possible precursor of the sulfated L-galactan in the ascidian tunic. Mourão, P.A., Assreuy, A.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1995)
- Identification and phylogenetic analyses of the protein arginine methyltransferase gene family in fish and ascidians. Hung, C.M., Li, C. Gene (2004)
- Structure, expression, and cluster organization of genes encoding gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors found in the neural complex of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Kusakabe, T., Mishima, S., Shimada, I., Kitajima, Y., Tsuda, M. Gene (2003)
- Conservation and divergence of BMP2/4 genes in the lamprey: expression and phylogenetic analysis suggest a single ancestral vertebrate gene. McCauley, D.W., Bronner-Fraser, M. Evol. Dev. (2004)
- Comparative genome analysis of cortactin and HS1: the significance of the F-actin binding repeat domain. van Rossum, A.G., Schuuring-Scholtes, E., van Buuren-van Seggelen, V., Kluin, P.M., Schuuring, E. BMC Genomics (2005)
- Development of the central nervous system in the larvacean Oikopleura dioica and the evolution of the chordate brain. Cañestro, C., Bassham, S., Postlethwait, J. Dev. Biol. (2005)
- Brachyury expression in tailless Molgulid ascidian embryos. Takada, N., York, J., Davis, J.M., Schumpert, B., Yasuo, H., Satoh, N., Swalla, B.J. Evol. Dev. (2002)
- Relaxin-like peptide in ascidians. II. Bioassay and immunolocalization with anti-porcine relaxin in three species. Georges, D., Viguier-Martinez, M.C., Poirier, J.C. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (1990)
- Accumulation of vanadium during embryogenesis in the vanadium-rich ascidian, Ascidia gemmata. Michibata, H., Uchiyama, J., Seki, Y., Numakunai, T., Uyama, T. Biological trace element research. (1992)