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  1. The lancelet Asymmetron inferum (subphylum Cephalochordata) was recently discovered on the ocean floor...Physeter macrocephalus. This deep sulfide-rich habitat of A. inferum...is unique among the lancelets. The d...

    Authors: Takeshi Kon, Masahiro Nohara, Yusuke Yamanoue, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Mutsumi Nishida and Teruaki Nishikawa
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:127
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  2. Heterotrimeric G proteins are fundamental signaling proteins composed of three subunits, Gα and a Gβγ dimer. The role of Gα as a molecular switch is critical for transmitting and amplifying intracellular signa...

    Authors: A. D. Lokits, H. Indrischek, J. Meiler, H. E. Hamm and P. F. Stadler
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2018 18:51
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  3. Within Chordata, the subphyla Vertebrata and Cephalochordata (lancelets) are characterized by a remarkable stability of the mitochondrial (mt) genome, with constancy of gene content and almost invariant gene o...

    Authors: Fabio Iannelli, Francesca Griggio, Graziano Pesole and Carmela Gissi
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:155
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  4. Phosphoinositide lipid kinases (PIKs) generate specific phosphorylated variants of phosatidylinositols (PtdIns) that are critical for second messenger signaling and cellular membrane remodeling. Mammals have 1...

    Authors: James R Brown and Kurt R Auger
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:4
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  5. Vitamin C (VC) is an indispensable antioxidant and co-factor for optimal function and development of eukaryotic cells. In animals, VC can be synthesized by the organism, acquired through the diet, or both. In ...

    Authors: Pedro Duque, Cristina P. Vieira, Bárbara Bastos and Jorge Vieira
    Citation: BMC Ecology and Evolution 2022 22:84
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  6. The Hemichordata comprises solitary-living Enteropneusta and colonial-living Pterobranchia, sharing morphological features with both Chordata and Echinodermata. Despite their key role for understanding deutero...

    Authors: Marleen Perseke, Joerg Hetmank, Matthias Bernt, Peter F Stadler, Martin Schlegel and Detlef Bernhard
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:134
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  7. L-ascorbate (Vitamin C) is an important antioxidant and co-factor in eukaryotic cells, and in mammals it is indispensable for brain development and cognitive function. Vertebrates usually become L-ascorbate au...

    Authors: Sílvia F. Henriques, Pedro Duque, Hugo López-Fernández, Noé Vázquez, Florentino Fdez-Riverola, Miguel Reboiro-Jato, Cristina P. Vieira and Jorge Vieira
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2019 19:126
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  8. Zona pellucida domain-containing proteins (ZP proteins) have been identified as the principle constituents of the egg coat (EC) of diverse metazoan taxa, including jawed vertebrates, urochordates and molluscs ...

    Authors: Qianghua Xu, Guang Li, Lixue Cao, Zhongjun Wang, Hua Ye, Xiaoyin Chen, Xi Yang, Yiquan Wang and Liangbiao Chen
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012 12:239
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  10. Malin is an E3-ubiquitin ligase that is mutated in Lafora disease, a fatal form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. In order to perform its function, malin forms a functional complex with laforin, a glucan phos...

    Authors: Carlos Romá-Mateo, Daniel Moreno, Santiago Vernia, Teresa Rubio, Travis M Bridges, Matthew S Gentry and Pascual Sanz
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:225
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  11. Collagens provide structural support and guidance cues within the extracellular matrix of metazoans. Mammalian collagens XIII, XXIII and XXV form a unique subgroup of type II transmembrane proteins, each compr...

    Authors: Hongmin Tu, Pirkko Huhtala, Hang-Mao Lee, Josephine C. Adams and Taina Pihlajaniemi
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2015 15:281
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  12. Mitochondrial genome comparisons contribute in multiple ways when inferring animal relationships. As well as primary sequence data, rare genomic changes such as gene order, shared gene boundaries and genetic c...

    Authors: Sarah J Bourlat, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Robert Lanfear and Maximilian J Telford
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:107
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  13. The passage through the cell cycle is controlled by complexes of cyclins, the regulatory units, with cyclin-dependent kinases, the catalytic units. It is also known that cyclins form several families, which di...

    Authors: Konstantin V Gunbin, Valentin V Suslov, Igor I Turnaev, Dmitry A Afonnikov and Nikolay A Kolchanov
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:224
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  14. In yeast, birds and mammals, the SAPK-interacting protein 1 (Sin1) gene product has been implicated as a component of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) signal transduction pathway. Recently, Sin1 has ...

    Authors: Shu-Zong Wang and R Michael Roberts
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005 5:13
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  15. Nuclear progesterone receptor (nPR) is an evolutionary innovation in vertebrates that mediates genomic responses to progesterone. Vertebrates also respond to progesterone via membrane progesterone receptors (m...

    Authors: Jianfeng Ren, Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson, Liang Jia and Weiming Li
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2019 19:136
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  16. Tunicates have been recently revealed to be the closest living relatives of vertebrates. Yet, with more than 2500 described species, details of their evolutionary history are still obscure. From a molecular po...

    Authors: Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Xavier Turon, Russell R Hopcroft, Marie-Ka Tilak, Tamar Feldstein, Noa Shenkar, Yossi Loya, Dorothée Huchon, Emmanuel JP Douzery and Frédéric Delsuc
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:187
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  17. The secretin family is a pleotropic group of brain-gut peptides with affinity for class 2 G-protein coupled receptors (secretin family GPCRs) proposed to have emerged early in the metazoan radiation via gene o...

    Authors: João CR Cardoso, Florbela A Vieira, Ana S Gomes and Deborah M Power
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 10:135
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  18. NADPH oxidases (NOX) are ROS producing enzymes that perform essential roles in cell physiology, including cell signaling and antimicrobial defense. This gene family is present in most eukaryotes, suggesting a ...

    Authors: Ana Caroline Paiva Gandara, André Torres, Ana Cristina Bahia, Pedro L. Oliveira and Renata Schama
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:92
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:196

  20. Small leucine-rich repeat protein (SLRP) family members contain conserved leucine-rich repeat motifs flanked by highly variable N- and C-terminal regions. Most class II and III SLRPs have tyrosine-rich N-termi...

    Authors: Morten M. Jensen and Henrik Karring
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2020 20:73
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  21. Molecular clock dates, which place the origin of animal phyla deep in the Precambrian, have been used to reject the hypothesis of a rapid evolutionary radiation of animal phyla supported by the fossil record. ...

    Authors: Eric Fontanillas, John J Welch, Jessica A Thomas and Lindell Bromham
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:95
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  22. Ependymin (Epd), the predominant protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of teleost fishes, was originally associated with neuroplasticity and regeneration. Ependymin-related proteins (Epdrs) have been identified i...

    Authors: Edna C Suárez-Castillo and José E García-Arrarás
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:23
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  24. Acoels are simply organized unsegmented worms, lacking hindgut and anus. Several publications over recent years challenge the long-held view that acoels are early offshoots of the flatworms. Instead a basal po...

    Authors: Adina Mwinyi, Xavier Bailly, Sarah J Bourlat, Ulf Jondelius, D Timothy J Littlewood and Lars Podsiadlowski
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 10:309
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  25. Akirins are nuclear proteins that form part of an innate immune response pathway conserved in Drosophila and mice. This studies aim was to characterise the evolution of akirin gene structure and protein function ...

    Authors: Daniel J Macqueen and Ian A Johnston
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:34
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  26. Gap junctions (GJ) are one of the most common forms of intercellular communication. GJs are assembled from proteins that form channels connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells. They are considered to be the ...

    Authors: Georgy A. Slivko-Koltchik, Victor P. Kuznetsov and Yuri V. Panchin
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):46
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  27. Tyrosinases, tyrosinase-related proteins, catechol oxidases and hemocyanins comprise the type-3 copper protein family and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including pigment formation, innate ...

    Authors: Felipe Aguilera, Carmel McDougall and Bernard M Degnan
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013 13:96
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  28. Early marsupial conceptuses differ markedly from those of eutherian mammals, especially during cleavage and early blastocyst stages of development. Additionally, in marsupials the zona pellucida is surrounded ...

    Authors: Stephen Frankenberg, Jane Fenelon, Bonnie Dopheide, Geoff Shaw and Marilyn B Renfree
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:373
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  29. Members of the Ribonuclease (RNase) T2 family are common models for enzymological studies, and their evolution has been well characterized in plants. This family of acidic RNases is widespread, with members in...

    Authors: Melissa S Hillwig, Ludmila Rizhsky, Ying Wang, Alisa Umanskaya, Jeffrey J Essner and Gustavo C MacIntosh
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:170
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  30. Mitochondrial porins, or voltage-dependent anion-selective channels (VDAC) allow the passage of small molecules across the mitochondrial outer membrane, and are involved in complex interactions regulating orga...

    Authors: Matthew J Young, Denice C Bay, Georg Hausner and Deborah A Court
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:31
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  31. The endoplasmic reticulum enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase catalyzes the common terminal reaction in the gluconeogenic/glycogenolytic pathways and plays a central role in glucose homeostasis. In most mammals, diff...

    Authors: Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Chiara Pontremoli, Rachele Cagliani, Diego Forni, Majed S. Alokail, Omar S. Al-Attas, Shaun Sabico, Stefania Riva, Mario Clerici and Manuela Sironi
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017 17:43
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  32. The molecular history of animal evolution from single-celled ancestors remains a major question in biology, and little is known regarding the evolution of cell cycle regulation during animal emergence. In this...

    Authors: Lihuan Cao, Fang Chen, Xianmei Yang, Weijin Xu, Jun Xie and Long Yu
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2014 14:10
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  33. Meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction and generates genetically diverse haploid gametes from a diploid germ cell. Reduction of ploidy depends on active chromosome movements during early meiotic prophase...

    Authors: Irene da Cruz, Céline Brochier-Armanet and Ricardo Benavente
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2020 20:55
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  34. Sirtuins genes are widely distributed by evolution and have been found in eubacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. While prokaryotic and archeal species usually have one or two sirtuin homologs, in humans as well a...

    Authors: Susan Costantini, Ankush Sharma, Raffaele Raucci, Maria Costantini, Ida Autiero and Giovanni Colonna
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013 13:60
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  35. Lafora disease (LD) is a fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. A hallmark of LD is cytoplasmic accumulation of insoluble glucans, called Lafora bodies (LBs). Mutations in the gene encoding the p...

    Authors: Matthew S Gentry and Rachel M Pace
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:138
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  36. Phylogenomic analyses recently became popular to address questions about deep metazoan phylogeny. Ribosomal proteins (RP) dominate many of these analyses or are, in some cases, the only genes included. Despite...

    Authors: Christoph Bleidorn, Lars Podsiadlowski, Min Zhong, Igor Eeckhaut, Stefanie Hartmann, Kenneth M Halanych and Ralph Tiedemann
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:150
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  37. The lancelet amphioxus (Cephalochordata) is a close relative of vertebrates and thus may enhance our understanding of vertebrate gene and genome evolution. In this context, the globins are one of the best stud...

    Authors: Bettina Ebner, Georgia Panopoulou, Serge N Vinogradov, Laurent Kiger, Michael C Marden, Thorsten Burmester and Thomas Hankeln
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 10:370
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  38. Msx originated early in animal evolution and is implicated in human genetic disorders. To reconstruct the functional evolution of Msx and inform the study of human mutations, we analyzed the phylogeny and synt...

    Authors: John R Finnerty, Maureen E Mazza and Peter A Jezewski
    Citation: BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:18
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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