Title	Journal	Author(s)	Aniseed Data	PMID/DOI
The transcription factor FoxB mediates temporal loss of cellular competence for notochord induction in ascidian embryos.	Development 2011; 138; 12:2591-600	Hashimoto H, Enomoto T, Enomoto A, Kumano G, Nishida H
A maternal factor unique to ascidians silences the germline via binding to P-TEFb and RNAP II regulation.	Curr. Biol. 2011; 21; 15:1308-13	Kumano G, Takatori N, Negishi T, Takada T, Nishida H
Overlapping expression of FoxA and Zic confers responsiveness to FGF signaling to specify notochord in ascidian embryos.	Dev Biol 2006; 300; 2:770-84	Kumano G, Yamaguchi S, Nishida H