Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “The Sea Squirt Ciona Intestinalis.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.emo138. Reference Link
Farley, Emma K, Katrina M Olson, Wei Zhang, Alexander J Brandt, Daniel S Rokhsar, and Michael S Levine. (2015) 2015. “Suboptimization of Developmental Enhancers.”. Science 350 (6258): 325-8. Reference Link
Stolfi, Alberto, and Michael Levine. (2011) 2011. “Neuronal Subtype Specification in the Spinal Cord of a Protovertebrate.”. Development 138 (5): 995-1004. Reference Link
Abitua, Philip Barron, Blair Gainous, Angela N Kaczmarczyk, Christopher J Winchell, Clare Hudson, Kaori Kamata, Masashi Nakagawa, Motoyuki Tsuda, Takehiro G Kusakabe, and Michael Levine. (2015) 2015. “The Pre-Vertebrate Origins of Neurogenic Placodes.”. Nature 524 (7566): 462-5. Reference Link
Stolfi, Alberto, Eileen Wagner, Matthew Taliaferro, Seemay Chou, and Michael Levine. (2011) 2011. “Neural Tube Patterning by Ephrin, FGF and Notch Signaling Relays.”. Development 138 (24): 5429-39. Reference Link
Navarrete, Ignacio A, and Michael Levine. (2016) 2016. “Nodal and FGF Coordinate Ascidian Neural Tube Morphogenesis.”. Development 143 (24): 4665-75. doi:10.1242/dev.144733. Reference Link
Hendrix, David, Michael Levine, and Weiyang Shi. 2010. “MiRTRAP, a Computational Method for the Systematic Identification of MiRNAs from High Throughput Sequencing Data.”. Genome Biol 11 (4): R39. Reference Link
Cao, Chen, Laurence A Lemaire, Wei Wang, Peter H Yoon, Yoolim A Choi, Lance R Parsons, John C Matese, Wei Wang, Michael Levine, and Kai Chen. (2019) 2019. “Comprehensive Single-Cell Transcriptome Lineages of a Proto-Vertebrate.”. Nature 571 (7765): 349-54. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1385-y. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Microinjection of Morpholino Oligos and RNAs in Sea Squirt (Ciona) Embryos.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5347. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Isolation of Sea Squirt (Ciona) Gametes, Fertilization, Dechorionation, and Development.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5344. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Isolation of Individual Cells and Tissues from Electroporated Sea Squirt (Ciona) Embryos by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS).”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5349. Reference Link
Abitua, Philip Barron, Eileen Wagner, Ignacio A Navarrete, and Michael Levine. (2012) 2012. “Identification of a Rudimentary Neural Crest in a Non-Vertebrate Chordate.”. Nature 492 (7427): 104-7. Reference Link
Shi, Weiyang, Sara M Peyrot, Edwin Munro, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “FGF3 in the Floor Plate Directs Notochord Convergent Extension in the Ciona Tadpole.”. Development 136 (1): 23-8. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “X-Gal Staining of Electroporated Sea Squirt (Ciona) Embryos.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5346. Reference Link
Wagner, Eileen, and Michael Levine. (2012) 2012. “FGF Signaling Establishes the Anterior Border of the Ciona Neural Tube.”. Development 139 (13): 2351-9. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Whole-Mount in Situ Hybridization on Sea Squirt (Ciona Intestinalis) Embryos.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5348. Reference Link
Davidson, Brad, and Michael Levine. (2003) 2003. “Evolutionary Origins of the Vertebrate Heart: Specification of the Cardiac Lineage in Ciona Intestinalis.”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100 (20): 11469-73. Reference Link
Shi, Weiyang, Michael Levine, and Brad Davidson. (2005) 2005. “Unraveling Genomic Regulatory Networks in the Simple Chordate, Ciona Intestinalis.”. Genome Res 15 (12): 1668-74. Reference Link
Haupaix, Nicolas, Philip Barron Abitua, Cathy Sirour, Hitoyoshi Yasuo, Michael Levine, and Clare Hudson. (2014) 2014. “Ephrin-Mediated Restriction of ERK1 2 Activity Delimits the Number of Pigment Cells in the Ciona CNS.”. Dev Biol 394 (1): 170-80. Reference Link
Davidson, Brad, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2005) 2005. “Uncoupling Heart Cell Specification and Migration in the Simple Chordate Ciona Intestinalis.”. Development 132 (21): 4811-8. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Eileen Wagner, Weiyang Shi, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Electroporation of Transgenic DNAs in the Sea Squirt Ciona.”. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2009 (12): pdb.prot5345. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Brad Davidson, Takeshi Kawashima, Weston Powell, Hector Nolla, Karen Vranizan, and Michael Levine. (2008) 2008. “The Transcription Migration Interface in Heart Precursors of Ciona Intestinalis.”. Science 320 (5881): 1349-52. Reference Link
Stolfi, Alberto, Blair Gainous, John J Young, Alessandro Mori, Michael Levine, and Lionel Christiaen. (2010) 2010. “Early Chordate Origins of the Vertebrate Second Heart Field.”. Science 329 (5991): 565-8. Reference Link
Di Gregorio, Anna, Richard M Harland, Michael Levine, and Elena Silva Casey. (2002) 2002. “Tail Morphogenesis in the Ascidian, Ciona Intestinalis, Requires Cooperation Between Notochord and Muscle.”. Dev Biol 244 (2): 385-95. Reference Link
Keys, David N, Michael Levine, Richard M Harland, and John B Wallingford. (2002) 2002. “Control of Intercalation Is Cell-Autonomous in the Notochord of Ciona Intestinalis.”. Dev Biol 246 (2): 329-40. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Alberto Stolfi, Brad Davidson, and Michael Levine. (2009) 2009. “Spatio-Temporal Intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 Defines the Cardiac Field through Synergistic Activation of Mesp.”. Dev Biol 328 (2): 552-60. Reference Link
Christiaen, Lionel, Alberto Stolfi, and Michael Levine. (2010) 2010. “BMP Signaling Coordinates Gene Expression and Cell Migration During Precardiac Mesoderm Development.”. Dev Biol 340 (2): 179-87. Reference Link