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Research Papers from Our Laboratory

Scientific Contributions in Comparative Genomics & Developmental Biology

2025 - Present

  • Heyland A, Khalturin K, Laudet V. (2025) "Life history evolution: Complex life cycles across animal diversity", editor(s): M. Segoli, E. Wajnberg, Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications, Wiley. link

2020 - 2024

  • Kashimoto R, Rickards E, Khalturin K, Laudet V. (2024) Giant sea anemones. Curr.Biol., 34(10), R481-R483. link

  • Kashimoto R., Mercader M., Zwahlen J., Miura S., Tanimoto M., Yanagi K., Reimer J.D., Khalturin K, Laudet V. (2024) Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans. Curr. Biol., 34(5), R193-R194. link

  • Khalturin K, Shunatova N., Shchenkov S., Sasakura Y, Kawamitsu M., Satoh N. (2022) Polyzoa is back: the effect of complete gene sets on the placement of Ectoprocta and Entoprocta. Science Advances, 8(26). link

  • Kashimoto R, Tanimoto M, Miura S, Satoh N, Laudet V, Khalturin K (2022) Transcriptomes of giant sea anemones from Okinawa as a tool for understanding their phylogeny and symbiotic relationships with anemonefish. Zool. Sci.; 39(4):374-387, link

  • Shinzato C, Khalturin K, Inoue J, Zayasu Y, Kanda M, Kawamitsu M, Yoshioka Y, Yamashita H, Suzuki G, Satoh N. (2021) Eighteen Coral Genomes Reveal the Evolutionary Origin of Acropora Strategies to Accommodate Environmental Changes. Mol Biol Evol.; 38(1):16-30. link

  • Nesterenko MA, Starunov VV, Shchenkov SV, Maslova AR, Denisova SA, Granovich AI, Dobrovolskij AA, Khalturin KV. (2020) Molecular signatures of the rediae, cercariae and adult stages in the complex life cycles of parasitic flatworms (Digenea: Psilostomatidae). Parasit Vectors.; 13(1):559. link

  • Ripken C, Khalturin K, Shoguchi E. (2020) Response of Coral Reef Dinoflagellates to Nanoplastics under Experimental Conditions Suggests Downregulation of Cellular Metabolism. Microorganisms; 8(11):1759. link

  • Hamada M, Satoh N, Khalturin K. (2020) A Reference Genome from the Symbiotic Hydrozoan, Hydra viridissima. G3 (Bethesda).;10(11):3883-3895. link

  • Khalturin K. (2020) The origin of metazoan larvae. Nat Ecol Evol.;4(5):674-675. link

2015 - 2019

  • Khalturin K, Shinzato C, Khalturina M, Hamada M, Fujie M, Koyanagi R, Kanda M, Goto H, Anton-Erxleben F, Toyokawa M, Toshino S, Satoh N. (2019) Medusozoan genomes inform the evolution of the jellyfish body plan. Nat Ecol Evol. 3(5):811-822. link

  • Maiorova MA, Satoh N, Khalturin K, Odintsova N (2019) Transcriptomic profiling of the mussel Mytilus trossulus with a special emphasis on integrin-like genes during development. Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 63(2):1-10. link

  • Khalturin K, Billas IML, Chebaro Y, Reitzel AM, Tarrant AM, Laudet V, Markov GV. (2018) NR3E receptors in cnidarians: A new family of steroid receptor relatives extends the possible mechanisms for ligand binding. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 184:11-19. link

  • Hamada M, Schröder K, Bathia J, Kürn U, Fraune S, Khalturina M, Khalturin K, Shinzato C, Satoh N, Bosch TC. (2018) Metabolic co-dependence drives the evolutionarily ancient Hydra - Chlorella symbiosis. Elife. 7:e35122. link

  • Kraus JE, Fredman D, Wang W, Khalturin K, Technau U (2015) Adoption of conserved developmental genes in development and origin of the medusa body plan. Evodevo. 6:23. link

2010 - 2014

  • Fuchs B, Wang W, Graspeuntner S, Li Y, Insua S, Herbst EM, Dirksen P, Böhm AM, Hemmrich G, Sommer F, Domazet-Lošo T, Klostermeier UC, Anton-Erxleben F, Rosenstiel P, Bosch TC, Khalturin K. (2014) Regulation of polyp-to-jellyfish transition in Aurelia aurita. Curr Biol. 24(3):263-73. link

  • Boehm AM*, Khalturin K*, Anton-Erxleben F, Hemmrich G, Klostermeier UC, Lopez-Quintero JA, Oberg HH, Puchert M, Rosenstiel P, Wittlieb J, Bosch TC. (2012) FoxO is a critical regulator of stem cell maintenance in immortal Hydra. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109(48):19697-702. link (* - equally contributed to the paper)

  • Hemmrich G, Khalturin K, Boehm AM, Puchert M, Anton-Erxleben F, Wittlieb J, Klostermeier UC, Rosenstiel P, Oberg HH, Domazet-Loso T, Sugimoto T, Niwa H, Bosch TC. (2012) Molecular signatures of the three stem cell lineages in Hydra and the emergence of stem cell function at the base of multicellularity. Mol Biol Evol. 29(11):3267-80. link

  • Sommer F, Awazu S, Anton-Erxleben F, Jiang D, Klimovich AV, Klimovich BV, Samoilovich MP, Satou Y, Krüss M, Gelhaus C, Kürn U, Bosch TC, Khalturin K. (2012) Blood system formation in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis requires the variable receptor vCRL1. Mol Biol Evol. 29(10):3081-93. link

  • Khalturin K, Hemmrich G, Wittlieb J, Bosch TCG. (2012) More than just orphans: how peptides without a recognizable GPCR may modulate metazoan development. BioEssays 34(7):621-625. link

  • Hwang J, Takaku Y, Momose T, Adamczyk P, Özbek S, Ikeo K, Khalturin K, Hemmrich G, Bosch T, Holstein T, David C, Gojobori T. (2010) Nematogalectin, a nematocyst protein with GlyXY and galectin domains, demonstrates nematocyte-specific alternative splicing in Hydra. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 107(43):18539-44. link

  • Chapman J, Kirkness E, Simakov O, …, Khalturin K, …, Steele R. (2010) The dynamic genome of Hydra. Nature, 464(7288):592-6. link

  • Gee L, Hartig J, Law L, Wittlieb J, Khalturin K, Bosch TC, Bode HR. (2010) β-catenin plays a central role in setting up the head organizer in hydra. Dev Biol. 340(1):116-24. link

  • Bosch TC, Anton-Erxleben F, Hemmrich G, Khalturin K. (2010) The Hydra polyp: nothing but an active stem cell community. Dev. Growth Differ. 52(1):15-25. link

2005 - 2009

  • Khalturin K, Hemmrich G, Fraune S, Augustin R, Bosch TC. (2009) More than just orphans: are taxonomically-restricted genes important in evolution? Trends Genet. 25(9):404-13. link

  • Milde S, Hemmrich G, Anton-Erxleben F, Khalturin K, Wittlieb J, Bosch TCG (2009) Characterization of taxonomically-restricted genes in a phylum-restricted cell type. Genome Biol. 10(1):R8.

  • Khalturin K, Anton-Erxleben F, Sassmann S, Wittlieb J, Hemmrich G, Bosch TC. (2008) A novel gene family controls species-specific morphological traits in Hydra. PLoS Biology, 6(11):e278

  • Khalturin K, Kürn U, Bosch TCG. (2008) Immune reactions in Vertebrates` closest relatives, the Urochordates. In: "Innate immunity of Plants, Animals, and Humans (H.Heine Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

  • Khalturin K, Anton-Erxleben F, Milde S, Plötz C, Wittlieb J, Hemmrich G, Bosch TC. (2007) Transgenic stem cells in Hydra reveal an early evolutionary origin for key elements controlling self-renewal and differentiation. Dev Biol. 309(1):32-44.

  • Kürn U, Sommer F, Bosch TC, Khalturin K. (2007) In the urochordate Ciona intestinalis zona pellucida domain proteins vary among individuals. Dev Comp Immunol., 31(12):1242-54.

  • Miller DJ, Hemmrich G, Ball EE, Hayward DC, Khalturin K, Funayama N, Agata K, Bosch TC. (2007) The innate immune repertoire in Cnidaria - ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss. Genome Biol., 8(4):R59

  • Khalturin K, Bosch TC. (2007) Self/nonself discrimination at the basis of chordate evolution: limits on molecular conservation. Curr Opin Immunol., 19(1):4-9.

  • Kurn U, Sommer F, Hemmrich G, Bosch TC, Khalturin K. (2007) Allorecognition in urochordates: identification of a highly variable complement receptor-like protein expressed in follicle cells of Ciona. Dev Comp Immunol., 31(4):360-71

  • Augustin R, Franke A, Khalturin K, Kiko R, Siebert S, Hemmrich G, Bosch TC (2006) Dickkopf related genes are components of the positional value gradient in Hydra. Dev Biol., 296(1):62-70.

  • Wittlieb J, Khalturin K, Lohmann JU, Anton-Erxleben F, Bosch TC. (2006) Transgenic Hydra allow in vivo tracking of individual stem cells during morphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 103(16):6208-11.

  • Khalturin K, Kurn U, Pinnow N, Bosch TC. (2005) Towards a molecular code for individuality in the absence of MHC: screening for individually variable genes in the urochordate Ciona intestinalis. Dev Comp Immunol., 29(9):759-73.

2000 - 2004

  • Zacharias H, Anokhin B, Khalturin K, Bosch T.C (2004) Genome sizes and chromosomes in the basal metazoan Hydra. Zoology, 107:219-227

  • Khalturin K, Pancer Z, Cooper MD, Bosch TC. (2004) Recognition strategies in the innate immune system of ancestral chordates. Mol Immunol., 41(11):1077-87

  • Thomsen S, Till A, Wittlieb J, Beetz C, Khalturin K, Bosch TC. (2004) Control of foot differentiation in Hydra: in vitro evidence that the NK-2 homeobox factor CnNK-2 autoregulates its own expression and uses pedibin as target gene. Mech Dev., 121(2):195-204.

  • Khalturin K, Kuznetsov S, Bosch TC. (2003) PCR fluorescence differential display. Methods Mol Biol. 226:237-44.

  • Khalturin K, Becker M, Rinkevich B, Bosch TC. (2003) Urochordates and the origin of natural killer cells: identification of a CD94/NKR-P1-related receptor in blood cells of Botryllus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 100(2):622-7.

  • Bosch TC & Khalturin K. (2002) Patterning and cell differentiation in Hydra: novel genes and the limits to conservation. Can. J. Zool., 80(10): 1670-1677

  • Khalturin KV, Mikhailova NA, Granovich AI. (2000) Genetic heterogeneity in natural populations of Microphallus piriformes and M. pygmaeus parthenites (Trematoda: Microphallidae) Parazitologiia, 34(6):486-501.