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  1. Characterization of the bHLH family of transcriptional regulators in the acoel S. roscoffensis and their putative role in neurogenesis

    Article • EvoDevo, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  2. Maristem—Stem Cells of Marine/Aquatic Invertebrates: From Basic Research to Innovative Applications

    Article • Sustainability, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  3. Production Versus Productivity

    Article • Journal of Investigative Genomics, July 2016, MedCrave Group LLC

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  4. Regulatory circuit rewiring and functional divergence of the duplicate admp genes in dorsoventral axial patterning

    Article • Developmental Biology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  5. Evolution of a pentameral body plan was not linked to translocation of anterior Hox genes: the echinoderm HOX cluster revisited

    Article • Evolution & Development, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  6. The coelomic epithelium transcriptome from a clonal sea star, Coscinasterias muricata

    Article • Marine Genomics, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  7. Xenacoelomorpha: a case of independent nervous system centralization?

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  8. Functional brain regeneration in the acoel worm Symsagittifera roscoffensis

    Article • Biology Open, November 2015, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  9. The nervous system of Xenacoelomorpha: a genomic perspective

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, February 2015, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  10. From Genome Data to Biological “Understanding”

    Article • Journal of Investigative Genomics, February 2015, MedCrave Group LLC

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  11. Echinodermata

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  12. Pattern and process during sea urchin gut morphogenesis: The regulatory landscape

    Article • genesis, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  13. Homeobox Genes Expressed During Echinoderm Arm Regeneration

    Article • Biochemical Genetics, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  14. Mesodermal Gene Expression in the Acoel Isodiametra pulchra Indicates a Low Number of Mesodermal Cell Types and the Endomesodermal Origin of the Gonads

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  15. Posterior regeneration in Isodiametra pulchra (Acoela, Acoelomorpha)

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  16. Intact cluster and chordate-like expression of ParaHox genes in a sea star

    Article • BMC Biology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  17. The Acoela: on their kind and kinships, especially with nemertodermatids and xenoturbellids (Bilateria incertae sedis)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  18. The nervous system of Isodiametra pulchra (Acoela) with a discussion on the neuroanatomy of the Xenacoelomorpha and its evolutionary implications

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  19. Homeobox gene expression in Brachiopoda: The role of Not and Cdx in bodyplan patterning, neurogenesis, and germ layer specification

    Article • Gene Expression Patterns, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  20. The Origin of Patterning Systems in Bilateria—Insights from the Hox and ParaHox Genes in Acoelomorpha

    Article • Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  21. Molecular architecture of muscles in an acoel and its evolutionary implications

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  22. Origin of Bilaterian Hox Patterning System

    Article • December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  23. Acetylcholinesterase activity in the developing and regenerating nervous system of the acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis

    Article • Acta Zoologica, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  24. Steps towards a centralized nervous system in basal bilaterians: Insights from neurogenesis of the acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis

    Article • Development Growth & Differentiation, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  25. Structure of the central nervous system of a juvenile acoel, Symsagittifera roscoffensis

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  26. Inferring the ancestral function of the posterior Hox gene within the bilateria: controlling the maintenance of reproductive structures, the musculature and the nervous system in the acoel flatworm Isodiametra pulchra

    Article • Evolution & Development, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  27. Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  28. Tracking the origins of the bilaterianHoxpatterning system: insights from the acoel flatwormSymsagittifera roscoffensis

    Article • Evolution & Development, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  29. S17-04 Acoel flatworms and the origin of bilaterian animals

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  30. Back in time: a new systematic proposal for the Bilateria

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  31. Phylogenetic distribution of microRNAs supports the basal position of acoel flatworms and the polyphyly of Platyhelminthes

    Article • Evolution & Development, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  32. Acoel Flatworms Are Not Platyhelminthes: Evidence from Phylogenomics

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2007, PLOS

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  33. Genetic organization and embryonic expression of the ParaHox genes in the sea urchin S. purpuratus: Insights into the relationship between clustering and colinearity

    Article • Developmental Biology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  34. The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

    Article • Science, November 2006, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Pedro Martinez, Dr Euan Robert Brown

  35. Unusual gene order and organization of the sea urchin hox cluster

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  36. Marine systems: moving into the genomics era

    Article • Marine Ecology, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  37. Evolution of echinoderms may not have required modification of the ancestral deuterostome HOX gene cluster: first report of PG4 and PG5 Hox orthologues in echinoderms

    Article • Development Genes and Evolution, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  38. Genomics of the HOX gene cluster

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  39. Acetylation of Steroidogenic Factor 1 Protein Regulates Its Transcriptional Activity and Recruits the Coactivator GCN5

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  40. A sea urchin genome project: Sequence scan, virtual map, and additional resources

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Gregory G. Mahairas, Dr Pedro Martinez

  41. DIO-1is a gene involved in onset of apoptosisin vitro,whose misexpression disrupts limb development

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  42. Organization of an echinoderm Hox gene cluster

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  43. Expression of the Hox gene complex in the indirect development of a sea urchin

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  44. Complete Sequence of SpHox8 and Its Linkage in the Single Hox Gene Cluster of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, April 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  45. SpHmx,a Sea Urchin Homeobox Gene Expressed in Embryonic Pigment Cells

    Article • Developmental Biology, January 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  46. Sequence simplicity and evolution of the 3′ untranslated region of the histone H1° Gene

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, August 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  47. Cloning and analysis of the coding region of the histone H1° -encoding gene from rat PC12 cells

    Article • Gene, December 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  48. Complexity and organization of DNA-protein interactions in the 5′-regulatory region of an endoderm-specific marker gene in the sea urchin embryo

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  49. Transcriptional activation of Histone H1° during neuronal terminal differentiation

    Article • Developmental Brain Research, July 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  50. Differential expression and gonadal hormone regulation of histone H1° in the developing and adult rat brain

    Article • Developmental Brain Research, May 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  51. Differential acetylation of core histones in rat cerebral cortex neurons during development and aging

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 1988, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  52. Changes in H1 complement in differentiating rat-brain cortical neurons

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, April 1987, Wiley

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  53. Differential kinetics of histone H1o accumulation in neuronal and glial cells from rat cerebral cortex during postnatal development

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 1984, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro Martinez

  54. Unravelling body plan and axial evolution in the Bilateria with molecular phylogenetic markers

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Pedro Martinez