List of works by Yehu Moran

AdE-1, a new inotropic Na(+) channel toxin from Aiptasia diaphana, is similar to, yet distinct from, known anemone Na(+) channel toxins

scientific article published on 01 April 2013

Analysis of soluble protein contents from the nematocysts of a model sea anemone sheds light on venom evolution

scientific article published on 15 November 2012

BcsTx3 is a founder of a novel sea anemone toxin family of potassium channel blocker.

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Cell type-specific expression profiling unravels the development and evolution of stinging cells in sea anemone

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Characterization of the piRNA pathway during development of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Cnidarian microRNAs frequently regulate targets by cleavage

scientific article (publication date: April 2014)

Concerted evolution of sea anemone neurotoxin genes is revealed through analysis of the Nematostella vectensis genome

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Conservation of miRNA-mediated silencing mechanisms across 600 million years of animal evolution

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Dispersal and speciation: The cross Atlantic relationship of two parasitic cnidarians

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Drosomycin, an innate immunity peptide of Drosophila melanogaster, interacts with the fly voltage-gated sodium channel

scientific article published on July 2009

Dynamics of venom composition across a complex life cycle.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Ecological venomics: How genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics can shed new light on the ecology and evolution of venom.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Evolution of an ancient venom: recognition of a novel family of cnidarian toxins and the common evolutionary origin of sodium and potassium neurotoxins in sea anemone

scientific article

Evolution of miRNA tailing by 3' terminal uridylyl transferases in Metazoa

scientific article

Evolution of voltage-gated ion channels at the emergence of Metazoa

scientific article

Expression and mutagenesis of the sea anemone toxin Av2 reveals key amino acid residues important for activity on voltage-gated sodium channels

scientific article published in July 2006

Functional characterization of a 'plant-like' HYL1 homolog in the cnidarian <i>Nematostella vectensis</i> indicates a conserved involvement in microRNA biogenesis

scientific article published on 15 March 2022

Fusion and retrotransposition events in the evolution of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis neurotoxin genes

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Initial Virome Characterization of the Common Cnidarian Lab Model Nematostella vectensis

scientific article published on 15 February 2020

Insights into how development and life-history dynamics shape the evolution of venom

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Intron retention as a posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism of neurotoxin expression at early life stages of the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis

scientific article published on 11 May 2008

Micro and macroevolution of sea anemone venom phenotype

scientific article published in 2023

Molecular analysis of the sea anemone toxin Av3 reveals selectivity to insects and demonstrates the heterogeneity of receptor site-3 on voltage-gated Na+ channels

scientific article published on August 2007

Neurotoxin localization to ectodermal gland cells uncovers an alternative mechanism of venom delivery in sea anemones.

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

Positions under positive selection--key for selectivity and potency of scorpion alpha-toxins

scientific article published on 17 December 2009

Recurrent horizontal transfer of bacterial toxin genes to eukaryotes

scientific article (publication date: September 2012)

Sea anemone toxins affecting voltage-gated sodium channels--molecular and evolutionary features

scientific article

Sirtuin regulation in calorie restriction.

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

TATA Binding Protein (TBP) Promoter Drives Ubiquitous Expression of Marker Transgene in the Adult Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

The Birth and Death of Toxins with Distinct Functions: A Case Study in the Sea Anemone Nematostella

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

The Rise and Fall of an Evolutionary Innovation: Contrasting Strategies of Venom Evolution in Ancient and Young Animals

scientific article (publication date: October 2015)

The evolution of microRNA pathway protein components in Cnidaria

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

The evolution of the four subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels: ancient roots, increasing complexity, and multiple losses

scientific article published on 21 August 2014

The evolutionary origin of plant and animal microRNAs.

scientific article published in February 2017

The methyltransferase HEN1 is required in Nematostella vectensis for microRNA and piRNA stability as well as larval metamorphosis

scholarly article by Vengamanaidu Modepalli published in August 2018

The specificity of Av3 sea anemone toxin for arthropods is determined at linker DI/SS2-S6 in the pore module of target sodium channels

scientific article

Too Many False Targets for MicroRNAs: Challenges and Pitfalls in Prediction of miRNA Targets and Their Gene Ontology in Model and Non-model Organisms

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Toxin-like neuropeptides in the sea anemone Nematostella unravel recruitment from the nervous system to venom

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Unravelling the developmental and functional significance of an ancient Argonaute duplication

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

When positive selection of neurotoxin genes is missing. The riddle of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

scientific article published in September 2006