Daric V, Lanoizelet M, Mayeur H, Leblond C and Darras S (2024). Genomic Resources and Annotations for a Colonial Ascidian, the Light-Bulb Sea Squirt Clavelina lepadiformis. Genome Biology and Evolution 16, evae038. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae038
Lanoizelet M, Elkhoury Youhanna C, Roure A and Darras S (2024). Molecular control of cellulosic fin morphogenesis in ascidians. BMC Biology 22, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01872-7
2023
Roure A, Chowdhury R and Darras S (2023). Regulation of anterior neurectoderm specification and differentiation by BMP signaling in ascidians. Development 150, dev201575. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.201575
2022
Chowdhury R, Roure A, le Pétillon Y, Mayeur H, Daric V and Darras S (2022). Highly distinct genetic programs for peripheral nervous system formation in chordates. BMC Biol 20, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01355-7
2021
Darras S (2021). En masse DNA Electroporation for in vivo Transcriptional Assay in Ascidian Embryos. Bio-protocol 11(18): e4160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4160.
2020
Coulcher JF, Roure A, Chowdhury R, Robert M, Lescat L, Bouin A, Carvajal Cadavid J, Nishida H and Darras S (2020). Conservation of peripheral nervous system formation mechanisms in divergent ascidian embryos. eLife 9, e59157.
2019
Feinberg S, Roure A, Piron J and Darras S (2019). Antero-posterior ectoderm patterning by canonical Wnt signaling during ascidian development. PLOS Genetics 15, e1008054.
2018
Darras S, Fritzenwanker J, Uhlinger K, Farrelly E, Pani AM, Hurley I, Norris R, Osowitz M, Terasaki M, Wu M, Aronowicz J, Kirschner M, Gerhart J and Lowe CJ (2018). Anteroposterior axis patterning by early canonical Wnt signaling during hemichordate development. PLOS Biology 16(1): e2003698.
Malfant M, Darras S and Viard F (2018). Coupling molecular data and experimental crosses sheds light about species delineation: a case study with the genus Ciona. Scientific Reports 8, 1480.
Alié A, Hiebert LS, Simion P, Scelzo M, Prünster MM, Lotito S, Delsuc F, Douzery EJP, Dantec C, Lemaire P, Darras S, Kawamura K, Brown FD and Tiozzo S (2018). Convergent acquisition of non-embryonic development in styelid ascidians. Molecular Biology and Evolution doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy068.
2016
Roure A and Darras S (2016). Msxb is a core component of the genetic circuitry specifying the dorsal and ventral neurogenic midlines in the ascidian embryo. Developmental Biology 409(1):277-87.
2014
Roure A, Lemaire P and Darras S (2014) An Otx/Nodal regulatory signature for posterior neural development in ascidians. PLOS Genetics 10(8):e1004548.
2011
Darras S, Gerhart J, Terasaki M, Kirschner M and Lowe CJ (2011). b-catenin specifies the endomesoderm and defines the posterior organizer of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii. Development 138, 959-970.
2010
Khoueiry P, Rothbacher U, Ohtsuka Y, Daian F, Frangulian E, Roure A, Dubchak I and Lemaire P (2010). A cis-regulatory signature in ascidians and flies, independent of transcription factor binding sites. Current Biology 20(9):792-802.
Tassy O, Dauga D, Daian F, Sobral D, Robin F, Khoueiry P, Salgado D, Fox V, Caillol D, Schiappa R, Laporte B, Rios A, Luxardi G, Kusakabe T, Joly JS, Darras S, Christiaen L, Contensin M, Auger H, Lamy C, Hudson C, Rothbächer U, Gilchrist MJ, Makabe KW, Hotta K, Fujiwara S, Satoh N, Satou Y and Lemaire P (2010). The ANISEED database: digital representation, formalization, and elucidation of a chordate developmental program. Genome Research 20(10):1459-68.
2007
Roure A, Rothbacher U, Robin F, Kalmar E, Ferone G, Lamy C, Missero C, Mueller F and Lemaire P (2007). A multicassette gateway vector set for high throughput and comparative analyses in ciona and vertebrate embryos. PLOS ONE 2(9):e916.
2006
Pasini A, Amiel A, Rothbacher U, Roure A, Lemaire P and Darras S (2006). Formation of the Ascidian Epidermal Sensory Neurons: Insights into the Origin of the Chordate Peripheral Nervous System. PLOS Biology 27;4(7):e225.