The Draft Genome of <i>Ciona intestinalis</i> : Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins

Paramvir Dehal, Yutaka Satou, R. Keith Campbell, +82

Science

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsModern Ascidian TadpoleVertebrate OriginsCellulose Metabolism +17

Gene expression profiles of transcription factors and signaling molecules in the ascidian embryo: towards a comprehensive understanding of gene networks

Kaoru S. Imai, Kyosuke Hino, Kasumi Yagi, +2

Development

A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis

Kasumi Yagi, Yutaka Satou, Françoise Mazet, +6

Development Genes and Evolution

BiologyFunctional GenomicsGenome StudyGeneticsComputational Genomics +8

A cDNA resource from the basal chordate <i>Ciona intestinalis</i>

Yutaka Satou, Lixy Yamada, Yasuaki Mochizuki, +11

genesis

Cdna ResourceComparative GenomicsGeneticsMolecular GeneticsCiona Mrna Species +21

A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis

Kyosuke Hino, Yutaka Satou, Kasumi Yagi, +1

Development Genes and Evolution

BiologyFunctional GenomicsGenome StudyGeneticsComputational Genomics +8

A zinc finger transcription factor, ZicL, is a direct activator of<i>Brachyury</i>in the notochord specification of<i>Ciona intestinalis</i>

Kasumi Yagi, Yutaka Satou, Nori Satoh

Development

Ciona EmbryosGeneticsMolecular GeneticsZinc Finger DomainEmbryology +14

Ci-Tbx6b and Ci-Tbx6c are key mediators of the maternal effect gene Ci-macho1 in muscle cell differentiation in Ciona intestinalis embryos

Kasumi Yagi, Naohito Takatori, Yutaka Satou, +1

Developmental Biology

Cell LineageDevelopmental BiologyMedicineGeneticsEmbryonic Development +8

Binary specification of nerve cord and notochord cell fates in ascidian embryos

Takuya Minokawa, Kasumi Yagi, Kazuhiro W. Makabe, +1

Development

CytoskeletonAscidian EmbryoCellular PhysiologyEmbryologyNerve Cord +18

macho-1-related genes in Ciona embryos

Yutaka Satou, Kasumi Yagi, Kaoru S. Imai, +3

Development Genes and Evolution

Developmental BiologyCiona EmbryosDevelopmental GeneticsGeneticsMorphogenesis +5

Large-scale cDNA analysis of the maternal genetic information in the egg of<i>Halocynthia roretzi</i>for a gene expression catalog of ascidian development

Kazuhiro W. Makabe, Takeshi Kawashima, Shuichi Kawashima, +22

Development

GeneticsReproductive GeneticsTranscriptomics TechnologyMolecular GeneticsAscidian Embryo +18