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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis: insights into chordate and vertebrate origins.
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Science
|
2002
|
11.11
|
|
2
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Phosphoinositide phosphatase activity coupled to an intrinsic voltage sensor.
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Nature
|
2005
|
6.85
|
|
3
|
Improved genome assembly and evidence-based global gene model set for the chordate Ciona intestinalis: new insight into intron and operon populations.
|
Genome Biol
|
2008
|
1.75
|
|
4
|
A cDNA resource from the basal chordate Ciona intestinalis.
|
Genesis
|
2002
|
1.65
|
|
5
|
A web-based interactive developmental table for the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, including 3D real-image embryo reconstructions: I. From fertilized egg to hatching larva.
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Dev Dyn
|
2007
|
1.38
|
|
6
|
DC3, the 21-kDa subunit of the outer dynein arm-docking complex (ODA-DC), is a novel EF-hand protein important for assembly of both the outer arm and the ODA-DC.
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Mol Biol Cell
|
2003
|
1.21
|
|
7
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A chemoattractant for ascidian spermatozoa is a sulfated steroid.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2002
|
1.13
|
|
8
|
NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan.
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Nucleic Acids Res
|
2009
|
0.99
|
|
9
|
Identification of a novel leucine-rich repeat protein as a component of flagellar radial spoke in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
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Mol Biol Cell
|
2003
|
0.93
|
|
10
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Molecular characterization of radial spoke subcomplex containing radial spoke protein 3 and heat shock protein 40 in sperm flagella of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
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Mol Biol Cell
|
2004
|
0.93
|
|
11
|
A novel neuronal calcium sensor family protein, calaxin, is a potential Ca(2+)-dependent regulator for the outer arm dynein of metazoan cilia and flagella.
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Biol Cell
|
2009
|
0.92
|
|
12
|
Fez function is required to maintain the size of the animal plate in the sea urchin embryo.
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Development
|
2011
|
0.88
|
|
13
|
ankAT-1 is a novel gene mediating the apical tuft formation in the sea urchin embryo.
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Dev Biol
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
14
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High-throughput enhancer trap by remobilization of transposon Minos in Ciona intestinalis.
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Genesis
|
2007
|
0.87
|
|
15
|
Molecular characterization of axonemal proteins and signaling molecules responsible for chemoattractant-induced sperm activation in Ciona intestinalis.
|
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton
|
2008
|
0.85
|
|
16
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Distribution and structural diversity of cilia in tadpole larvae of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
|
Dev Biol
|
2009
|
0.85
|
|
17
|
Calaxin drives sperm chemotaxis by Ca²⁺-mediated direct modulation of a dynein motor.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2012
|
0.85
|
|
18
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CIPRO 2.5: Ciona intestinalis protein database, a unique integrated repository of large-scale omics data, bioinformatic analyses and curated annotation, with user rating and reviewing functionality.
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Nucleic Acids Res
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
19
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Maternal factor-mediated epigenetic gene silencing in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
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Mol Genet Genomics
|
2009
|
0.83
|
|
20
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Proteomic profiles of embryonic development in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
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Dev Biol
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
21
|
Gadolinium, a mechano-sensitive channel blocker, inhibits osmosis-initiated motility of sea- and freshwater fish sperm, but does not affect human or ascidian sperm motility.
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Cell Motil Cytoskeleton
|
2003
|
0.82
|
|
22
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Sperm from sneaker male squids exhibit chemotactic swarming to CO₂.
|
Curr Biol
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
23
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Enhancer detection in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis with transposase-expressing lines of Minos.
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Dev Dyn
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
24
|
Zinc finger homeobox is required for the differentiation of serotonergic neurons in the sea urchin embryo.
|
Dev Biol
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
25
|
Molecular characterization of Ciona sperm outer arm dynein reveals multiple components related to outer arm docking complex protein 2.
|
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
26
|
Ciona intestinalis and Oxycomanthus japonicus, representatives of marine invertebrates.
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Exp Anim
|
2009
|
0.81
|
|
27
|
Tubulin-dynein system in flagellar and ciliary movement.
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Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
28
|
Proteomic profiling reveals compartment-specific, novel functions of ascidian sperm proteins.
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Mol Reprod Dev
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
29
|
Local database and the search program for proteomic analysis of sperm proteins in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2004
|
0.81
|
|
30
|
Sperm activation by heat shock protein 70 supports the migration of sperm released from sperm storage tubules in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).
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Reproduction
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
31
|
Ap58: a novel in situ outer dynein arm-binding protein.
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
32
|
Distinct Ca2+ channels maintain a high motility state of the sperm that may be needed for penetration of egg jelly of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster.
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Dev Growth Differ
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
33
|
Network structure of projections extending from peripheral neurons in the tunic of ascidian larva.
|
Dev Dyn
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
34
|
Proteomic characterization of sperm radial spokes identifies a novel spoke protein with an ubiquitin domain.
|
FEBS Lett
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
35
|
Association of a 66 kDa homolog of Chlamydomonas DC2, a subunit of the outer arm docking complex, with outer arm dynein of sperm flagella in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
|
Zoolog Sci
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
36
|
Protease in sturgeon sperm and the effects of protease inhibitors on sperm motility and velocity.
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Fish Physiol Biochem
|
2014
|
0.77
|
|
37
|
Characterization of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit from rainbow trout spermatozoa.
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2003
|
0.77
|
|
38
|
Valosin-containing protein/p97 interacts with sperm-activating and sperm-attracting factor (SAAF) in the ascidian egg and modulates sperm-attracting activity.
|
Dev Growth Differ
|
2008
|
0.77
|
|
39
|
Lipid rafts function in Ca2+ signaling responsible for activation of sperm motility and chemotaxis in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
|
Mol Reprod Dev
|
2011
|
0.77
|
|
40
|
A novel oocyte maturation arresting factor in the central nervous system of scallops inhibits serotonin-induced oocyte maturation and spawning of bivalve mollusks.
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Gen Comp Endocrinol
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
41
|
Autonomous changes in the swimming direction of sperm in the gastropod Strombus luhuanus.
|
J Exp Biol
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
42
|
Multidimensional analysis of uncharacterized sperm proteins in Ciona intestinalis: EST-based analysis and functional immunoscreening of testis-expressed genes.
|
Zoolog Sci
|
2010
|
0.76
|
|
43
|
Roles of extracellular ions and pH in 5-HT-induced sperm motility in marine bivalve.
|
Reproduction
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
44
|
Glutathione transferase theta in apical ciliary tuft regulates mechanical reception and swimming behavior of Sea Urchin Embryos.
|
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
45
|
Self-incompatibility response induced by calcium increase in sperm of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
46
|
Black tea high-molecular-weight polyphenol increases the motility of sea urchin sperm by activating mitochondrial respiration.
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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
47
|
Sperm motility-activating complex formed by t-complex distorters.
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
48
|
Isolation and functional characterization for oocyte maturation and sperm motility of the oocyte maturation arresting factor from the Japanese scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis.
|
Gen Comp Endocrinol
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
49
|
Expression of 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenease in testis of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis [corrected].
|
Mol Cells
|
2004
|
0.75
|