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+[[!meta title="A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis."]]
+[[!tag Ciona_intestinalis trans-splicing cellulose]]
+
+Matthysse AG, Deschet K, Williams M, Marry M, White AR, Smith WC.
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+A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis.
+
+Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jan 27;101(4):986-91.
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+[[!pmid 14722352 desc="The CesA mRNA is trans-spliced in Ciona intestinalis."]]
- ~80 "house proteins" have been identified and more than half lack similarity
to known proteins ([[Hosp et al., 2012|biblio/22792236]]).
- 2 cellulose synthase genes, possibly acquired by horizontal gene transfer
- from an actinobacteria([[Nakashima and coll., 2004|biblio/14740209]]), were
+ from an actinobacteria ([[Nakashima and coll., 2004|biblio/14740209]]), were
found by [[Sagane et al. (2010)|biblio/20335363]] and [[Nakashima et al.
(2011)|biblio/20972815]]. They are used to produce different crystalline forms
- of cellulose ([[Nakashima et al., 2011|biblio/20972815]]).
+ of cellulose ([[Nakashima et al., 2011|biblio/20972815]]). The CesA gene
+ is trans-spliced in the ascidian _Ciona intestinalis_ ([[Matthysse and coll.,
+ 2004|biblio/14722352]]).
- _O. dioica_ has multiple CDK1 and Cyclin B paraplogs, some of which are
implicated in oogenesis ([[Feng & Thompson, 2018|biblio/29969934]]).
- _O. dioica_ only has the Dnmt2 methyltransferase, and lacks Dnmt1 and Dnmt3.