Staff at EMBL

Elia Benito-Gutierrez

Research Scientist
Arendt Group

EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Publications

Amphioxus as a Model for Mechanisms in Vertebrate Development. E Benito-Gutiérrez. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (2011)[DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021773].

CNS evolution: new insight from the mud. Benito-Gutierrez, E. & Arendt, D. Curr Biol. 2009 Aug 11;19(15):R640-2. PubMed

It's a long way from amphioxus: descendants of the earliest chordate. Garcia-Fernandez, J. & Benito-Gutierrez, E. Bioessays. 2009 Jun;31(6):665-75. PubMed

From the American to the European amphioxus: towards experimental Evo-Devo at the origin of chordates. Garcia-Fernandez, J., Jimenez-Delgado, S., Pascual-Anaya, J., Maeso, I., Irimia, M., Minguillon, C., Benito-Gutierrez, E., Gardenyes, J., Bertrand, S. & D'Aniello, S. Int J Dev Biol. 2009;53(8-10):1359-66. PubMed

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype. Putnam, N.H., Butts, T., Ferrier, D.E., Furlong, R.F., Hellsten, U., Kawashima, T., Robinson-Rechavi, M., Shoguchi, E., Terry, A., Yu, J.K., Benito-Gutierrez, E.L., Dubchak, I., Garcia-Fernandez, J., Gibson-Brown, J.J., Grigoriev, I.V., Horton, A.C., de Jong, P.J., Jurka, J., Kapitonov, V.V., Kohara, Y., Kuroki, Y., Lindquist, E., Lucas, S., Osoegawa, K., Pennacchio, L.A., Salamov, A.A., Satou, Y., Sauka-Spengler, T., Schmutz, J., Shin-I, T., Toyoda, A., Bronner-Fraser, M., Fujiyama, A., Holland, L.Z., Holland, P.W., Satoh, N. & Rokhsar, D.S. Nature. 2008 Jun 19;453(7198):1064-71. PubMed

Primitive and derived characters in the amphioxus genome. LZ Holland, N Satoh, K Azumi, E Benito-Gutiérrez, M Bronner-Fraser, F Brunet, T Butts, S Candiani, LD Dishaw, DEK Ferrier, J Garcia-Fernàndez, JJ Gibson-Brown, C Gissi, A Godzik, F Hallbook, D Hirose, K Hosomichi, T Ikuta, H Inoko, M Kasahara, J Kasamatsu, T Kawashima, A Kimura, M Kobayashi, Z Kozmik, K Kubokawa, V Laudet, GW Litman, A C Mchardy, D Meulemans, M Nonaka, RP. Olinski, Z Pancer, M Pestarino, JP Rast, I Rigoutsos, G Roch, H Saiga, M Satake, Y Satou, M Schubert, N Sherwood, T Shiina, N Takatori, J Tello, Y Ye, K Yoshida, F Yoshizaki, JK Yu, A Xu, Q Zhang, CM Zmasek, N Putnam, D Rokhsar and PWH Holland. Genome Research (2008) 18, 1100-11.

Insights into spawning behavior and development of the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum). Fuentes, M., Benito, E., Bertrand, S., Paris, M., Mignardot, A., Godoy, L., Jimenez-Delgado, S., Oliveri, D., Candiani, S., Hirsinger, E., D'Aniello, S., Pascual-Anaya, J., Maeso, I., Pestarino, M., Vernier, P., Nicolas, J.F., Schubert, M., Laudet, V., Geneviere, A.M., Albalat, R., Garcia Fernandez, J., Holland, N.D. & Escriva, H. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2007 Jul 15;308(4):484-93. PubMed

Origin and evolution of the Trk family of neurotrophic receptors. Benito-Gutierrez, E., Garcia-Fernandez, J. & Comella, J.X. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2006 Feb;31(2):179-92. Epub 2005 Oct 25. PubMed

A gene catalogue of the amphioxus nervous system. Benito-Gutierrez, E. Int J Biol Sci. 2006;2(3):149-60. Epub 2006 May 22. PubMed

Outlining the nascent nervous system of Branchiostoma floridae (amphioxus) by the pan-neural marker AmphiElav. Benito-Gutierrez, E., Illas, M., Comella, J.X. & Garcia-Fernandez, J. Brain Res Bull. 2005 Sep 15;66(4-6):518-21. Epub 2005 Apr 2. PubMed

The single AmphiTrk receptor highlights increased complexity of neurotrophin signalling in vertebrates and suggests an early role in developing sensory neuroepidermal cells. Benito-Gutierrez, E., Nake, C., Llovera, M., Comella, J.X. & Garcia-Fernandez, J. Development. 2005 May;132(9):2191-202. Epub 2005 Mar 30. PubMed

Preliminary observations on the spawning conditions of the European amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) in captivity. Fuentes, M., Schubert, M., Dalfo, D., Candiani, S., Benito, E., Gardenyes, J., Godoy, L., Moret, F., Illas, M., Patten, I., Permanyer, J., Oliveri, D., Boeuf, G., Falcon, J., Pestarino, M., Fernandez, J.G., Albalat, R., Laudet, V., Vernier, P. & Escriva, H. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2004 Jul 15;302(4):384-91. PubMed

Isolation of AmphiCASP-3/7, an ancestral caspase from amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae). Evolutionary considerations for vertebrate caspases. Bayascas, J.R., Yuste, V.J., Benito, E., Garcia-Fernandez, J. & Comella, J.X. Cell Death Differ. 2002 Oct;9(10):1078-89. PubMed