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A contractile injection system stimulates tubeworm metamorphosis by translocating a proteinaceous effector.
Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.
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- Structural characterization of an extracellular contractile injection system from Photorhabdus luminescens in extended and contracted states.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- MyD88 knockdown by RNAi prevents bacterial stimulation of tubeworm metamorphosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Microalgal biofilm induces larval settlement in the model marine wormRoyal Society open science · 2024Article
- Identification of novel toxins associated with the extracellular contractile injection system using machine learning.Molecular systems biology · 2024Article
- Bacterial envelope polysaccharide cues settlement and metamorphosis in the biofouling tubeworm Hydroides elegans.Communications biology · 2024Article
- An extensive disulfide bond network prevents tail contraction in Agrobacterium tumefaciens phage Milano.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Crude Oil and Its Burnt Residues Induce Metamorphosis in Marine Invertebrates.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Future research directions of the model marine tubeworm Hydroides elegans and synthesis of developmental staging of the complete life cycle.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2023Article
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Abstract
The swimming larvae of many marine animals identify a location on the sea floor to undergo metamorphosis based on the presence of specific bacteria. Although this microbe-animal interaction is critical for the life cycles of diverse marine animals, what types of biochemical cues from bacteria that induce metamorphosis has been a mystery. Metamorphosis of larvae of the tubeworm
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