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ArticleDevelopmental biology2019

I-SceI Meganuclease-mediated transgenesis in the acorn worm, Saccoglossus kowalevskii.

Paul J Minor, D Nathaniel Clarke, José M Andrade López, Jens H Fritzenwanker, Jessica Gray, Christopher J Lowe

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Article in Developmental biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paul J MinorHopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, United States. Electronic address: pminor@stanford.edu.
D Nathaniel ClarkeHopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, United States.
José M Andrade LópezHopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, United States.
Jens H FritzenwankerDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, 411 Regents Hall, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington DC 20057, United States.
Jessica GrayDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Christopher J LoweHopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 120 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, United States. Electronic address: clowe@stanford.edu.
Pacific University · USCenter for Systems Biology · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

Systems Analysis of cell type differentiation in Xenopus developmentR01HD073104 · NICHD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KIRSCHNER, MARC WALLACE, PESHKIN, LEON · 2012 to 2022
$6.7M
Enhancer Evolution and the Origins of Vertebrate Brain DevelopmentF32NS098658 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MINOR, PAUL J. · 2017 to 2019
$163k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD073104NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS098658
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemichordates are a phylum of marine invertebrate deuterostomes that are closely related to chordates, and represent one of the most promising models to provide insights into early deuterostome evolution. The genome of the hemichordate, Saccoglossus kowalevskii, reveals an extensive set of non-coding elements conserved across all three deuterostome phyla. Functional characterization and cross-phyla comparisons of these putative regulatory elements will enable a better understanding of enhancer evolution, and subsequently how changes in gene regulation give rise to morphological innovation. Here, we describe an efficient method of transgenesis for the characterization of non-coding elements in S. kowalevskii. We first test the capacity of an I-SceI transgenesis system to drive ubiquitous or regionalized gene expression, and to label specific cell types. Finally, we identified a minimal promoter that can be used to test the capacity of putative enhancers in S. kowalevskii. This work demonstrates that this I-SceI transgenesis technique, when coupled with an understanding of chromatin accessibility, can be a powerful tool for studying how evolutionary changes in gene regulatory mechanisms contributed to the diversification of body plans in deuterostomes.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBiological EvolutionChordataChordata, NonvertebrateEvolution, MolecularGene Transfer TechniquesGenomeInvertebratesPolychaetaEnhancerEvolutionHemichordateTransgenesis

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PMID30412702
PMCPMC6327965
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