2020
A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla
Tessler M, Gaffney JP, Oliveira AG, Guarnaccia A, Dobi KC, Gujarati NA, Galbraith M, Mirza JD, Sparks JS, Pieribone VA, Wood RJ, Gruber DF. A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 17724. PMID: 33082360, PMCID: PMC7576829, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal phylaPhylum ChordataSimilar genesWidespread genesBiogeochemical roleSequence matchesPhylaBrittle starsNovel luciferaseLuciferaseTunicatesGenesLight productionCoelenterazineBioluminescenceChordataTranscriptomeVertebratesDehalogenasesPyrosomesMachineryLuciferasesBloomsPyrosomaBiochemistry
2014
The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon
Sparks JS, Schelly RC, Smith WL, Davis MP, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Gruber DF. The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e83259. PMID: 24421880, PMCID: PMC3885428, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCoral ReefsFishesFluorescenceMelanesiaPhenotypePhylogenyPigmentationSpecies SpecificityVideo RecordingConceptsFluorescent proteinCoral reef fishesRay-finned fishesNovel fluorescent proteinsColor vision capabilitiesFish lineagesAnimal treeMarine lineagesPhylogenetic distributionEvolutionary historyBony fishIntraspecific communicationLineagesExperimental biologyPhenotypic variabilityFishProteinBiofluorescenceCurrent understandingSpeciesCnidariansGenusDiscoveryBiologyTrees
2013
Fluorescent Protein Voltage Probes Derived from ArcLight that Respond to Membrane Voltage Changes with Fast Kinetics
Han Z, Jin L, Platisa J, Cohen LB, Baker BJ, Pieribone VA. Fluorescent Protein Voltage Probes Derived from ArcLight that Respond to Membrane Voltage Changes with Fast Kinetics. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e81295. PMID: 24312287, PMCID: PMC3842285, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081295.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family
Kao H, Porton B, Hilfiker S, Stefani G, Pieribone V, DeSalle R, Greengard P. Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family. Journal Of Experimental Zoology 1999, 285: 360-377. PMID: 10578110, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991215)285:4<360::aid-jez4>3.0.co;2-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynapsin gene familyGene familySynapsin genesGene duplication eventsEvolution of vertebratesVariety of invertebratesSynaptic vesicle proteinsDuplication eventsMolecular evolutionMolecular phylogenyAncestral conditionHigher vertebratesFruit flyRegulation of neurotransmissionVesicle proteinsAdditional speciesProtein sequencesLongfin squidNeuronal phosphoproteinSynapsinVertebratesSpeciesGenesJ. ExpFamily
1994
Neuropeptide role of both peptide YY and neuropeptide Y in vertebrates suggested by abundant expression of their mRNAS in a cyclostome brain
Söderberg C, Pieribone VA, Dahlstrand J, Brodin L, Larhammar D. Neuropeptide role of both peptide YY and neuropeptide Y in vertebrates suggested by abundant expression of their mRNAS in a cyclostome brain. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 1994, 37: 633-640. PMID: 8028041, DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490370510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainDNA, ComplementaryGene Expression RegulationHumansIn Situ HybridizationIntestinal MucosaLampreysMolecular Sequence DataNeuropeptide YOrgan SpecificityPeptide BiosynthesisPeptide YYPeptidesPhylogenyRNA, MessengerSequence HomologySpecies SpecificityVertebrates
1992
Serotonin-, substance P- and glutamate/aspartate-like immunoreactivities in medullo-spinal pathways of rat and primate
Nicholas AP, Pieribone VA, Arvidsson U, Hökfelt T. Serotonin-, substance P- and glutamate/aspartate-like immunoreactivities in medullo-spinal pathways of rat and primate. Neuroscience 1992, 48: 545-559. PMID: 1376453, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90401-m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAspartate-like immunoreactivityExcitatory amino acidsSubstance PColchicine-treated ratsSpinal cordLarger alpha motor neuronsB3 cell groupSubstance P neuronsAlpha motor neuronsGlutamate-like immunoreactivityTripeptide thyrotropin-releasing hormoneDistribution of serotoninThyrotropin-releasing hormoneUndecapeptide substance PImmunohistofluorescence techniqueMedullary neuronsImmunoreactive neuronsRaphe neuronsVentral hornRetrograde tracingSerotonergic neuronsMedulla oblongataSpinal projectionsLarge boutonsAutonomic cells