2009
A Hypervariable Invertebrate Allodeterminant
Nicotra ML, Powell AE, Rosengarten RD, Moreno M, Grimwood J, Lakkis FG, Dellaporta SL, Buss LW. A Hypervariable Invertebrate Allodeterminant. Current Biology 2009, 19: 583-589. PMID: 19303297, PMCID: PMC2681180, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColonial marine invertebratesGreatest sequence similarityPutative transmembrane receptorField-derived strainChimeric coloniesInvertebrate allorecognitionMarine invertebratesLower metazoansSequence similarityIntraspecific competitionTransmembrane receptorsHydractinia symbiolongicarpusMolecular basisExtracellular domainHistocompatibility responsesAllorecognition responsesInvertebratesModel systemGenesColoniesMetazoansCnidariansProtochordatesVertebratesPhyla
2006
Axial Patterning and Diversification in the Cnidaria Predate the Hox System
Kamm K, Schierwater B, Jakob W, Dellaporta SL, Miller DJ. Axial Patterning and Diversification in the Cnidaria Predate the Hox System. Current Biology 2006, 16: 920-926. PMID: 16563766, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox systemAxial patterningHox genesAnimal kingdomBilaterian common ancestorNon-Hox genesSea anemone NematostellaHox-like genesAnterior/posterior axisHox clustersGenomic organizationExtant phylaCommon ancestorMorphological diversityExtant cnidariansGenesObligate linkPosterior axisSpectacular varietyNematostellaCnidariansCentral rolePatterningParalogsBilateria