Ute Rothbächer

The paper investigates the role of tiar, ttp, and g3bp genes during embryogenesis of Ciona robusta under stress conditions, finding their involvement in mesendodermal tissue development.

The paper identifies molecular markers for five cell types in Ciona larval papillae and investigates their roles in metamorphosis and adhesion.

The paper shows that spacer sequences between transcription factor binding motifs influence enhancer activity and that randomizing these spacers can awaken dormant genomic clusters of TFBM.