Dorsoventral patterning in hemichordates: insights into early chordate evolution

CJ Lowe, M Terasaki, M Wu, RM Freeman Jr… - PLoS …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
We have compared the dorsoventral development of hemichordates and chordates to
deduce the organization of their common ancestor, and hence to identify the evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Nephron proximal tubule patterning and corpuscles of Stannius formation are regulated by the sim1a transcription factor and retinoic acid in zebrafish

CN Cheng, RA Wingert - Developmental biology, 2015 - Elsevier
The mechanisms that establish nephron segments are poorly understood. The zebrafish
embryonic kidney, or pronephros, is a simplified yet conserved genetic model to study this …

The evolution of chordate neural segmentation

F Mazet, SM Shimeld - Developmental biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Amphioxus is the closest relative to vertebrates but lacks key vertebrate characters, like
rhombomeres, neural crest cells, and the cartilaginous endoskeleton. This reflects major …

[PDF][PDF] Sim1 and Sim2 expression during chick and mouse limb development

P Coumailleau, D Duprez - International Journal of …, 2009 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT The Drosophila Single minded (Sim) transcription factor is a master regulator of
cell fate during midline development. The homolog mouse Sim1 and Sim2 genes are …

Conserved and novel roles for the Gsh2 transcription factor in primary neurogenesis

EF Winterbottom, JC Illes, L Faas, HV Isaacs - Development, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
The Gsx genes encode members of the ParaHox family of homeodomain transcription
factors, which are expressed in the develo** central nervous system in members of all …

[HTML][HTML] Pitx1 regulates cement gland development in Xenopus laevis through activation of transcriptional targets and inhibition of BMP signaling

Y **, DC Weinstein - Developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The cement gland in Xenopus laevis has long been used as a model to study the interplay of
cell signaling and transcription factors during embryogenesis. It has been shown that an …

ARNT gene multiplicity in amphibians: Characterization of arnt2 from the frog Xenopus laevis

AJ Rowatt, JJ Depowell… - Journal of Experimental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) is a member of the Per‐ARNT‐
Sim (PAS) protein superfamily, transcription factors that mediate the cellular responses to …

A novel nuclear localization signal in the human single-minded proteins SIM1 and SIM2

A Yamaki, J Kudoh, N Shimizu, Y Shimizu - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Human Single-minded 1 (SIM1) and SIM2 genes were found as homologs of Drosophila sim
gene which plays a key role in the midline cell lineage of the central nervous system. SIM …

Molecular cloning and characterization of the Xenopus hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α (xHIF1α)

A de Beaucourt, P Coumailleau - Journal of cellular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We report the molecular cloning and the characterization of the Xenopus homolog of
mammalian hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α (HIF1α), a member of the bHLH/PAS transcription …

[HTML][HTML] Cloning of three variants of type XVIII collagen and their expression patterns during Xenopus laevis development

H Elamaa, J Peterson, T Pihlajaniemi… - Mechanisms of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Xenopuslaevis type XVIII collagen occurs in three variants, 22+ 1285 amino acid residues
(signal peptide+ mature protein), 23+ 1581 residues and 23+ 1886 residues in length …