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The role of cnidarian developmental biology in unraveling axis formation and Wnt signaling.

Axis formation Gradients Hydra Nematostella Nodal signaling Tgf-beta signaling Wnt signaling

Holstein TW. Dev Biol. 2022 Apr 22;487:74-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.04.005. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 35461834

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Two plus one is almost three: a fast approximation for multi-view deconvolution

3D imaging; Hydra light sheet fluorescence microscopy zebrafish

Hüpfel M, Fernández Merino M, Bennemann J, Takamiya M, Rastegar S, Tursch A, Holstein TW, Nienhaus GU. Biomed Opt Express. 2021 Dec 7;13(1):147-158. doi: 10.1364/BOE.443660. eCollection 2022 Jan 1. PMID: 35154860

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The Wnt-specific astacin proteinase HAS-7 restricts head organizer formation in Hydra

Astacin Axis formation Hydra Proteinase Wnt signaling
Ziegler B, Yiallouros I, Trageser B, Kumar S, Mercker M, Kling S, Fath M, Warnken U, Schnölzer M, Holstein TW, Hartl M, Marciniak-Czochra A, Stetefeld J, Stöcker W, Özbek S. BMC Biol. 2021 Jun 9;19(1):120. 
PMID: 34107975
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Expansion of a single transposable element family is associated with genome-size increase and radiation in the genus Hydra

cnidarian Hydra transposon

Wong WY, Simakov O, Bridge DM, Cartwright P, Bellantuono AJ, Kuhn A, Holstein TW, David CN, Steele RE, Martínez DE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Nov 12;116(46):22915-22917.

PMID: 31659034

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Hydra Mesoglea Proteome Identifies Thrombospondin as a Conserved Component Active in Head Organizer Restriction

bilaterian cnidarian head organizer Hydra Wnt signaling

Lommel M, Strompen J, Hellewell AL, Balasubramanian GP, Christofidou ED, Thomson AR, Boyle AL, Woolfson DN, Puglisi K, Hartl M, Holstein TW, Adams JC, Özbek S. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 6;8(1):11753.

PMID:30082916

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