Publications with Sars address
appearing in peer-reviewed international journals

• Amsterdam, A, Lai, K, Komisarczuk, AZ, Becker, TS, Borinson, RT, Hopkins, N, and Lees JA (2009). Zebrafish Hagoromo mutants upregulate fgf8 post-embryonically and develop neuroblastoma. Mol Cancer Res. 7(6):841-50.



• Bouquet JM, Spriet E, Troedsson C, Ottera H, Chourrout D, Thompson EM (2009). Culture optimization for the emergent zooplanktonic model organism Oikopleura dioica. J Plankton Res, 31, 359–370.



• Dong B, Horie T, Denker E, Kusakabe T, Tsuda M, Smith WC, Jiang D (2009). Tube formation by complex cellular processes in Ciona intestinalis notochord. Dev Biol. 330(2):237-49.



• Komisarczuk AZ, Kawakami K and Becker TS (2009). Cis-regulation and chromosomal rearrangement of the fgf8 locus after the teleost/tetrapod split. Dev Bio., Dec 15;336(2):301-12. Epub Sep 25.



• Navratilova, P, Fredman, D, Hawkins, TA, Turner, K, Lenhard, B, and Becker, TS (2009). Systematic human/zebrafish comparative identification of cis-regulatory activity around vertebrate developmental transcription factor genes. Dev Biol. 15;327(2):526-40.



• Navratilova, P, and Becker, TS (2009). Genomic regulatory blocks in vertebrates and implications in human disease. Review, Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic. Epub 2009 Jun 26.



• Saina M, Genikhovich G, Renfer E, Technau U (2009). BMPs and Chordin regulate patterning of the directive axis in a sea anemone. PNAS, in press.



• Saina M, Technau U (2009). Characterization of myostatin/gdf8/11 in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. Jun 16;312B(7):780-788



• Angotzi AR, Ersland KM, Mungpakdee S, Stefansson S, Chourrout D (2008). Independent and dynamic reallocation of pitx gene expression during vertebrate evolution, with emphasis on fish pituitary development. Gene, 417, 19-26.



• Bessa J, Tavares MJ, Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Kikuta H, Laplante M, Becker TS, Casares F (2008). meis1 regulates cyclin D1 and c-myc expression, and controls the proliferation of the multipotent cells in the early developing zebrafish eye. Development, 135(5):799-803.



• Fu X, Adamski M and EM Thompson (2008). Altered miRNA Repertoire in the Simplified Chordate, Oikopleura dioica. Mol. Biol. Evol. 25, 1067-1080.



• Hoppmann V, Wu J, Søviknes AM, Helvik JV and Becker TS (2008). Expression of the eight AMPA receptor subunit genes in the developing central nervous system and sensory organs of zebrafish. Dev Dyn, 237(3):788-99.



• Komisarczuk AZ, Topp S, Stigloher C, Kapsimali M, Bally-Cuif L, and Becker TS (2008). Enhancer detection and developmental expression of zebrafish sprouty1, a member of the fgf8 synexpression group. Dev Dyn. 237(9):2594-2603.



• Mungpakdee S, Seo HC, Angotzi AR, Dong X, Akalin A, Chourrout D (2008). Differential Evolution of the Thirteen Atlantic Salmon Hox Clusters. Mol Biol Evol, 25, 1333-1343.



• Mungpakdee S, Seo HC, Chourrout D (2008). Spatio-temporal expression patterns of anterior Hox genes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Gene Expr Patterns, 8, 508-514.



• Pézeron G, Mourrain P, Sébastien C, Ghislain J, Becker TS, Rosa FM and David NB (2008). Live analysis of endodermal layer formation identifies random walk as a novel gastrulation movement. Curr Biol, 18(4):276-81.



• Punnamoottil B, Kikuta H, Pézeron G, Erceg J, Becker TS and Rinkwitz, S (2008). Enhancer Detection in Zebrafish Permits the Identification of Neuronal Subtypes That Express Hox4 Paralogs. Dev Dyn. 237(8):2195-208.



• Rentzsch F, Fritzenwanker JH, Scholz CB, Technau U (2008). FGF signalling controls formation of the apical sensory organ in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. Development May;135(10):1761-9.



• Sardet C, Swalla BJ, Satoh N, Sasakura Y, Branno M, Thompson EM, Levine M and H Nishida (2008). Euro Chordates: Ascidian Community Swims Ahead. The 4th International Tunicate Meeting in Villefranche sur Mer. Dev Dyn. 237, 1207–1213.



• Stach T, Winter J, Bouquet JM, Chourrout D, Schnabel R (2008). Embryology of a planktonic tunicate reveals traces of sessility. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 105, 7229-7234.



• Topp S, Stigloher C, Komisarczuk AZ, Adolf B, Becker TS, and Bally-Cuif L. (2008). Fgf signaling in the zebrafish adult brain: association of Fgf activity with ventricular zones but not cell proliferation. J Comp Neurol., 510:422-439.



• Becker TS, and Lenhard B (2007). The random versus fragile breakage models of chromosome evolution: A matter of resolution. Mol Genet Genomics, 278 (5): 487-491.



• Bielen H, Oberleitner S, Marcellini S, Gee L, Lemaire P, Bode HR, Rupp R and Technau U (2007). Divergent functions of two ancient Hydra Brachyury paralogs suggest specific roles for their activation domains in tissue fate inductions. Development Dec;134(23):4187-97.



• Clarke T, Bouquet JM, Fu X, Kallesøe T, and Thompson EM (2007). Rapidly evolving lamins in a chordate, Oikopleura dioica, with unusual nuclear architecture. Gene 396(1):159-69.



• Engström PG, Ho Sui S, Drivenes O, Becker TS and Lenhard B (2007). Genomic regulatory blocks underlie extensive microsynteny conservation in insects. Genome Res. 17(12):1898-908.



• Fritzenwanker J, Genikhovich G, Kraus Y, Technau U (2007). Early development and axis specification in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Dev Biol.Oct 15;310(2):264-79.



• Ganot P, Bouquet JM, Kallesøe T and Thompson EM (2007). The Oikopleura coenocyst, a unique chordate germ cell permitting rapid, extensive modulation of oocyte production. Dev Biol. 302, 591-600.



• Ganot P, Kallesøe T and Thompson EM (2007). The cytoskeleton organizes germ nuclei with divergent fates and asynchronous cycles in a common cytoplasm during oogenesis in the chordate Oikopleura. Dev Biol.302, 577-590.



• Herpin A, Lelong C, Becker TS, Favrel P and Cunningham C (2007). A tolloid homologue from the Pacific oyster Crasseostrea gigas. Gene Exp Patterns 7(6):700-708.



• Jiang D, Smith WC. (2007) Ascidian notochord morphogenesis. Dev Dyn. 236(7):1748-57.



• Kikuta H, Fredman D, Rinkwitz S, Lenhard B and Becker TS (2007). Genomic insertional screens in zebrafish: Revealing chromosomal regulatory domains by long-range enhancer detection and comparative genomics. Genome Biology, 2007;8 suppl 1: S4.



• Kikuta H, Laplante M, Navratilova P, Komisarczuk AZ, Engstrom P, Fredman D, Akalin A, Caccamo M, Sealy I, Howe K, Ghislain J, Mourrain P, Adolf B, Pezeron G, Ellingsen E, Foucher I, Oates AC, Thisse C, Thisse B, Lenhard B and Becker TS (2007). Genomic Regulatory Blocks encompass multiple neighboring genes and maintain conserved synteny in vertebrates. Genome Research, 17:545-55.



• Kraus Y, Fritzenwanker J, Genikhovich G, Technau U (2007). The blastoporal organiser of a sea anemone. Curr Biol. Oct 23;17(20):R874-6.



• Meijer AH, van der Sar AM, Cunha C, Lamers GEM, Laplante MA, Kikuta H, Bitter W, Becker TS and Spaink HP. (2007). Identification and real-time imaging of a myc-expressing neutrophil population involved in inflammation and mycobacterial granuloma formation in zebrafish. Dev Comp Immunol. 32(1):36-49.



• Putnam NH, Srivastava M, Hellsten U, Dirks B, Chapman J, Salamov A, Terry A, Shapiro H, Lindquist E, Kapitonov V, Jurka J, Genikhovich G, Grigoriev I, Lucas S, Steele R, Finnerty J, Technau U, Martindale M, Rokhasr D. (2007). Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization. Science, 317(86).



• Schuettengruber B, Chourrout D, Vervoort M, Leblanc B, Cavalli G (2007). Genome regulation by polycomb and trithorax proteins. Cell. 23;128(4):735-45.



• Schulmeister A, Schmid M and Thompson EM (2007). Phosphorylation of the histone H3.3 variant in mitosis and meiosis of the urochordate Oikopleura dioica. Chrom Res. 15, 189-201.



• Søviknes AM, Chourrout D, Glover JC (2007). Development of the caudal nerve cord, motoneurons, and muscle innervation in the appendicularian urochordate Oikopleura dioica. J Comp Neurol. Jul 10;503(2):224-43.



• Shankaran S, Sieger D, Schröter C, Czepe C, Pauly MC, Laplante MA, Becker TS, Oates AC, and Gajewsky, M (2007). Completing the set of h/E(spl) cyclic genes in zebrafish: her12 and her15 reveal novel modes of expression and contribute to the segmentation clock. Dev Biol. 304:615-32.



• Spada F, Koch J, Sadoni N, Mitchell N, Ganot P, De Boni U, Zink D and Thompson EM (2007). Conserved patterns of nuclear compartmentalization are not observed in the chordate Oikopleura. Biol. Cell. 99, 273-287 (cover).



• Troedsson C, Frischer ME, Nejstgaard JC and Thompson EM (2007). Molecular quantification of differential ingestion and particle trapping rates by the Appendicularian Oikopleura dioica as a function of prey size and shape. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52, 416–427.



• Weiner AMJ, Allende ML, Becker TS and Calcaterra NB. (2007). CNBP mediates neural crest cell expansion by controlling cell proliferation and cell survival during rostral head development. J Cell Biochem 102(6):1553-70.



• Aksnes D, Troedsson C and Thompson EM (2006). A model of developmental time applied to planktonic embryos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318, 75-80.



• Aksnes D, Troedsson C and Thompson EM (2006). Integrating developmental clocking and growth in a life-history model for the planktonic chordate Oikopleura dioica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318, 81-88.



• Chourrout D, Delsuc F, Chourrout P, Edvardsen RB, Rentzsch F, Renfer E, Jensen MF, Zhu B, de Jong P, Steeele RE, Technau U (2006). Minimal ProtoHox cluster inferred from bilaterian and cnidarian Hox complements. Nature, 442(7103):684-7.



• Delsuc F, Brinkmann H, Chourrout D and Philippe H (2006). Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates. Nature, 439:965-968



• Ganot P, Bouquet JM and Thompson EM (2006). Comparative organisation of follicle, accessory cells and spawning anlagen in dynamic semelparous clutch manipulators, the urochordate Oikopleuridae. Biol Cell. 98, 389-401 (cover).



• Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Lenhard B and Becker TS (2006). New technologies, new findings and new concepts in the study of vertebrate cis-regulatory sequences. Review Dev Dyn. 235:870-885.



• Hadrys T, Punnamootil B, Pieper M, Kikuta H, Pezeron G, Becker TS, Prince VE, Baker R and Rinkwitz S (2006). Conserved co-regulation and promoter sharing of hoxb3a and hoxb4a in zebrafish. Dev Biol., 297(1):26-43.



• Kraus Y and Technau U (2006). Gastrulation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis occurs by invagination and immigration: an ultrastructural study. Dev Genes Evol. (216): 119-132.



• Laplante M, Konig M, Kikuta H and Becker TS. (2006). Enhancer detection in the zebrafish using pseudotyped murine retroviruses. Methods, 39:189-198.



• Perreault M-C, Bernier AP, Renaud J-S, Roux S, Glover JC (2006). C fragment of tetanus toxin hybrid proteins evaluated for muscle-specific transsynaptic mapping of spinal motor circuitry in the newborn mouse. Neuroscience, 141(2):803-16.



• Pezeron, G, Anselme, I, Laplante, M, Ellingsen, S. Becker, TS, Charnay, P. Schneider-Manoury, S., Mourrain, P and Ghislain, J (2006). Duplicate sfrp1 genes in zebrafish: sfrp1a is dynamically expressed in the developing central nervous system, gut and lateral line. Gene Exp Patterns, Feb. epub.



• Rentzsch F, Anton R, Saina M, Hammerschmidt M, Holstein TW and Technau U. (2006). Asymmetric expression of BMP antagonists in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: implications for the evolution of axial patterning. Dev Biol., 296:375-87.



• Stigloher C, Nincovic J, Laplante M, Geling A, Tannhauser B, Topp S, Kikuta H, Becker TS, Houart C, and Bally-Cuif L (2006). Segregation of telencephalic and eye field identities inside the zebrafish forebrain territory is controlled by Rx3. Development, 133: 2925-2935.



• Amsterdam A and Becker TS (2005). Transgenes as Screening Tools to Probe and Manipulate the Zebrafish Genome. Review Dev Dyn. 234(2):255-268.



• Edvardsen RB, Seo HC, Jensen MF, Mialon A, Mikhaleva J, Bjordal M, Cartry J, Reinhardt R, Weissenbach J, Wincker P & Chourrout D (2005). Remodelling of the homeobox gene complement in the tunicate Oikopleura dioica. Current Biology, 15:R12-13.



• Ellingsen S, Laplante M, Konig M, Furmanek T, Kikuta H, Høivik E and Becker TS (2005). Large-scale Enhancer Detection in the Zebrafish Genome. Development 132(17):3799-811.



• Hardison AL, Lichten L, Banjeree-Basu S, Becker TS, Burgess S (2005). The zebrafish gene claudinj is essential for normal ear function and important for the formation of the otoliths. Mech Dev. 122(7-8):949-58.



• Herpin A, Lelong C, Becker TS, Rosa FM, Favrel P and Cunningham C (2005). Structural and functional evidences for a type 1 TGF-ß sensu stricto receptor in the lophotrochozoan Crasseostrea gigas suggest conserved molecular mechanisms controlling mesodermal patterning across bilateria. Mech Dev. 122(5):695-705.



• Herpin A, Lelong C, Becker TS, Rosa F, Favrel P, Cunningham C (2005). Structural and functional evidence for a singular repertoire of BMP receptor signal transducing proteins in the lophotrochozoan Crassostrea gigas suggests a shared ancestral BMP/activin pathway. FEBS J. 272(13):3424-40.



• Kusserow A, Pang K, Sturm C, Hrouda M, Lentfer J, Schmidt HA, Technau U, von Haeseler A, Hobmayer B, Martindale MQ and Holstein TW (2005). Unexpected complexity of the Wnt gene family in a sea anemone. Nature 433:156-160.



• Miller DJ, Ball EE and Technau U (2005). Cnidarians and ancestral genetic complexity in the animal kingdom. Trends Genet. (review) 21(10):536-9.



• Spada F, Chioda M and Thompson EM (2005). Histone H4 post-translational modifications in chordate mitotic and endoreduplicative cell cycles. J Cell Biochem. 95(5):885-901.



• Spada F, Vincent M and Thompson EM (2005). Plasticity of histone modifications across the invertebrate to vertebrate transition: histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation in heterochromatin. Chromosome Res. 13(1):57-72.



• Stansberg C, Subramaniam S, Collet B, Secombes CJ and Cunningham C (2005). Cloning of the Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar) IL-1 receptor associated protein. Fish Shellfish Immunology, 19:53-65.



• Søviknes AM, Chourrout D and Glover JC (2005). Development of putative GABAergic neurons in the appendicularian urochordate Oikoleura dioica. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 490:12-28.



• Technau U, Rudd S, Maxwell P, Gordon PMK, Saina M, Grasso LC, Hayward DC, Sensen CW, Holstein TW, Ball EE, Miller DJ (2005). Maintenance of ancestral genetic complexity and non-metazoan genes in two basal cnidarians. Trends Genet. 21(12):633-9.



• Thompson EM, Spada F and P Ganot (2005). Patterning and Organisation of the House Secreting Epithelium of Oikopleura dioica. In: Gorsky G, Youngbluth MJ and Deibel D (eds.) Response of Marine Ecosystems to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians, Ed. G. Gorsky, Gordon and Breach, pp. 89-112.



• Troedsson C, Grahl-Nielsen O and Thompson EM (2005). Variable fatty acid composition of the pelagic Appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica, in response to dietary quality and quantity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 289:165-176.



• Weill M, Philips A, Chourrout D and Fort P (2005). The caspase family in urochordates: distinct evolutionary fates in ascidians and larvaceans. Biology of the Cell, 97(11):857-66.

• Chioda M, Spada F, Eskeland R and EM Thompson (2004). Histone mRNAs do not accumulate during S phase of either mitotic or endoreduplicative cycles in the chordate Oikopleura dioica. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24(12):5391-403.



• Edvardsen RB, Lerat E, Maeland AD, Flaat M, Tewari R, Jensen MF, Lehrach H, Reinhardt R, Seo HC, Chourrout D (2004). Hypervariable and Highly Divergent Intron/Exon Organizations in The Chordate Oikopleura dioica. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 59:448-457.



• Fritzenwanker JH, Saina M and Technau U (2004). Analysis of forkhead and snail expression reveals epithelial-mesenchymal transitions during gastrulation and metamorphosis in Nematostella vectensis. Dev Biol. 275:389-402.



• Ganot P, Kallesoe T, Reinhardt R, Chourrout D, Thompson EM (2004). Spliced-leader RNA trans splicing in a chordate, Oikopleura dioica, with a compact genome. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 24:7795-805.



• Krøvel AV and Olsen LC (2004). Sexual dimorphic expression pattern of a splice variant of zebrafish vasa during gonadal development.Dev Biology, 271:190-197.



• Lindgens D, Holstein TW, and Technau U (2004). Hyzic, the Hydra homolog of the zic/odd-paired gene, is involved in the early specification of the sensory nematocytes. Development 131:191-201.



• Seo HC, Edvardsen RB, Maeland AD, Bjordal M, Jensen MF, Hansen A, Flaat M, Weissenbach J, Lehrach H, Wincker P, Reinhardt R, Chourrout D(2004). Hox cluster disintegration with persistent anteroposterior order of expression in Oikopleura dioica. Nature, 431:67-71.



• Technau U, Hobmayer B, Rentzsch F and Holstein TW (2004). Molecular and cellular analysis of de novo pattern formation in Hydra. Function and Regulation of Cellular Systems: Experiments and Models 309-321.



• Volff JN, Lehrach H, Reinhardt R, Chourrout,D (2004). Retroelement dynamics and a novel type of chordate retrovirus-like elements in the miniature genome of the tunicate Oikopleura dioica. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21:2022-2033.

• Cupit PM, Hansen JD, McCarty AS, White G, Chioda M, Spada F, Smale ST and Cunningham C (2003). Ikaros family members from the agnathan Myxine glutinosa and the urochordate Oikopleura dioica: emergence of an essential transcription factor for adaptive immunity. Journal of Immunology, 171:6006-6013.



• Nilsen IW, Myrnes B, Edvardsen RB, Chourrout D (2003) Urochordates carry multiple genes for goose-type lysozyme and no genes for chicken- or invertebrate-type lysozymes. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 60:2210-2218.



• Stansberg C, Subramaniam S, Olsen L, Secombes CJ and Cunningham C (2003). Cloning and characterisation of a putative ST2L homologue from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Shellfish Immunology, 15:211-224.



• Uzbekova S, Amoros C, Cauty C, Mambrini M, Perrot E, Hew CL, Chourrout D and Prunet P (2003). Analysis of cell-specificity and variegation of transgene expression driven by salmon prolactin promoter in stable lines of transgenic rainbow trout. Transgenic Res, 12:213-227.

• Chioda M, R Eskeland, and EM Thompson (2002). Histone gene complement, variant expression and processing in a urochordate, Oikopleura dioica, that undergoes extensive polyploidisation. Mol Biol Evol. 19(12):2247-60.



• Ganot P, and Thompson EM (2002). Patterning through differential endoreduplication in epithelial organogenesis of the chordate, Oikopleura dioica. Dev Biol. 252(1):59-71.



• Herpin A, Favrel P and Cunningham C (2002). Gene structure and expression of cg-ALR1, a type I activin-like receptor from the bivalve mollusc Crassostrea gigas. Gene, 301:21-30



• Krøvel AV and Olsen, LC (2002). Expression of a vas::EGFP transgene in primordial germ cells of the zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development,116:141-150.



• Subramaniam S, Stansberg C, Olsen L, Zou J, Secombes CJ & Cunningham C (2002) Cloning of a Salmo salar interleukin-1 receptor-like cDNA. Dev Comp Immunol 26(5):415-31.



• Troedsson C, Bouquet JM, Aksnes DL and Thompson EM (2002). Resource allocation between somatic growth and reproductive output in the pelagic chordate, Oikopleura dioica, allows opportunistic response to nutritional variation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 243:83-91.



• Wibrand, K and Olsen, LC (2002). Linker histone H1M transcripts mark the developing germline in zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development, 117:249-252.

• Cupit PM, Lorenzen N, Strachan G, Kemp GJ, Secombes CJ and Cunningham C (2001). Neutralisation and binding of VHS virus by monovalent antibody fragments. Virus Research, 81:47-56.



• Seo HC, Kube M, Edvardsen RB, Jensen MF, Beck A, Spriet E, Gorsky G, Thompson EM, Lehrach H, Reinhardt R and Chourrout D (2001). Miniature genome in the marine chordate Oikopleura dioica. Science, 294:2506.



• Spada F, Steen H, Troedsson C, Kallesøe T, Spriet E, Mann M and Thompson EM (2001). Molecular patterning of the oikoplastic epithelium of the larvacean tunicate Oikopleura dioica. J Biol Chem. 276(23):20624-32.



• Thompson EM, Kallesøe T and Spada F (2001). Diverse genes expressed in distinct regions of the trunk epithelium define a monolayer cellular template for construction of the Oikopleurid house. Dev Biol. 238(2):260-73.

• Adenot PG, Campion E, Legouy E, Allis CD, Dimitrov S, Renard JP and Thompson EM (2000). Somatic linker histone H1 is present throughout mouse embryogenesis and is not replaced by variant H1 degrees. J Cell Science 113 (Pt 16):2897-907.



• Fu L, Mambrini M, Perrot E, Chourrout D (2000). Stable and full rescue of the pigmentation in a medaka albino mutant by transfer of a 17 kb genomic clone containing the medaka tyrosinase gene. Gene, 241:205-211.



• Kawakami K, Amsterdam A, Shimoda N, Becker TS, Mugg J, Shima A and Hopkins N (2000). Proviral insertions in the zebrafish hagoromo gene, encoding an F-box/WD40-repeat protein, cause stripe pattern anomalies. Current Biology 10:463-6.



• Lorenzen N, Cupit PM, Einer-Jensen K, Lorenzen E, Ahrens P, Secombes CJ and Cunningham C (2000). Immunoprophylaxis in fish by injection of mouse antibody genes. Nature Biotechnology, 18:1177-1180.



• Lorenzen N, Cupit PM, Secombes CJ and Cunningham C (2000). Three monoclonal antibodies to the VHS virus glycoprotein: comparison of reactivity in relation to differences in immunoglobulin variable domain gene sequences. Fish Shellfish Immunology, 10, 129-42.

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