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
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
1995
Chapter 4 Peptidergic neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord: evolutionary trends
Brodin L, Söderberg C, Pieribone V, Larhammar D. Chapter 4 Peptidergic neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord: evolutionary trends. Progress In Brain Research 1995, 104: 61-74. PMID: 8552784, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61784-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertebrate spinal cordEarly vertebratesVertebrate classesDifferent vertebratesPeptidergic neuronsMutational eventsVertebrate CNSEvolutionary trendsVertebratesPeptide sequencesMammalian CNSMammalsComprehensive comparative analysisSpeciesFour questionsMolecular featuresCertain CNS regionsTarget cellsAnatomical featuresLater stagesAnatomical differencesCyclostomesCNS regionsEvolutionNeurons