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Fibrinogen-related protein from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri is a multivalent pattern recognition receptor with a bacteriolytic activity.

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype.

Evolutionary biology: the amphioxus unleashed.

Evolution and expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor-associated protein from the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri.

Simple chordates exhibit a proton-independent function of acid-sensing ion channels.

The cholinergic gene locus in amphioxus: molecular characterization and developmental expression patterns.

Myocyte enhancer factor 2A is transcriptionally autoregulated.

Does hair cell differentiation predate the vertebrate appearance?

Basic features of the ancestral chordate brain: a protochordate perspective.

Characterization and expression of two amphioxus DDAH genes originating from an amphioxus-specific gene duplication.

Characterization and putative role of a type I gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the cephalochordate amphioxus.

Tissue- and stage-specific expression of a fatty acid binding protein-like gene from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri.

Wholemount in situ hybridization to amphioxus embryos.

Protochordates.

Chongmague reveals an essential role for laminin-mediated boundary formation in chordate convergence and extension movements.

Cell signaling and transcription factor genes expressed during whole body regeneration in a colonial chordate.

A short-form C-type lectin from amphioxus acts as a direct microbial killing protein via interaction with peptidoglycan and glucan.

Origin and evolution of vertebrate ABCA genes: a story from amphioxus.

A conserved role for FGF signaling in chordate otic/atrial placode formation.

Analysis of rare amino acid replacements supports the Coelomata clade.