Exaptation of Transposable Elements into Novel Cis-Regulatory Elements: Is the Evidence Always Strong? FSJ de Souza, LF Franchini, M Rubinstein Molecular biology and evolution 30 (6), 1239-1251, 2013 | 198 | 2013 |
Ancient exaptation of a CORE-SINE retroposon into a highly conserved mammalian neuronal enhancer of the proopiomelanocortin gene AM Santangelo, FSJ de Souza, LF Franchini, VF Bumaschny, MJ Low, ... PLoS genetics 3 (10), e166, 2007 | 151 | 2007 |
Adaptive evolution in mammalian proteins involved in cochlear outer hair cell electromotility LF Franchini, AB Elgoyhen Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 41 (3), 622-635, 2006 | 113 | 2006 |
The Developmental Brain Gene NPAS3 Contains the Largest Number of Accelerated Regulatory Sequences in the Human Genome GB Kamm, F Pisciottano, R Kliger, LF Franchini Molecular biology and evolution 30 (5), 1088-1102, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
Convergent evolution of two mammalian neuronal enhancers by sequential exaptation of unrelated retroposons LF Franchini, R López-Leal, S Nasif, P Beati, DM Gelman, MJ Low, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (37), 15270-15275, 2011 | 96 | 2011 |
Human evolution: the non-coding revolution LF Franchini, KS Pollard BMC biology 15, 1-12, 2017 | 89 | 2017 |
Sodium appetite and Fos activation in serotonergic neurons LF Franchini, AK Johnson, J de Olmos, L Vivas American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative …, 2002 | 80 | 2002 |
Distribution of Fos immunoreactivity in rat brain after sodium consumption induced by peritoneal dialysis LF Franchini, L Vivas American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative …, 1999 | 66 | 1999 |
The voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily KQT member 4 (KCNQ4) displays parallel evolution in echolocating bats Y Liu, N Han, LF Franchini, H Xu, F Pisciottano, AB Elgoyhen, KE Rajan, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 29 (5), 1441-1450, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
Phylogenetic differences in calcium permeability of the auditory hair cell cholinergic nicotinic receptor M Lipovsek, GJ Im, LF Franchini, F Pisciottano, E Katz, PA Fuchs, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (11), 4308-4313, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
A fast-evolving human NPAS3 enhancer gained reporter expression in the developing forebrain of transgenic mice GB Kamm, R López-Leal, JR Lorenzo, LF Franchini Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 …, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
Enhancer turnover and conserved regulatory function in vertebrate evolution S Domené, VF Bumaschny, FSJ de Souza, LF Franchini, S Nasif, MJ Low, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 …, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
Prestin and the cholinergic receptor of hair cells: positively-selected proteins in mammals AB Elgoyhen, LF Franchini Hearing research 273 (1-2), 100-108, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
Retrotransposon-Gene Associations Are Widespread Among D. melanogaster Populations LF Franchini, EW Ganko, JF McDonald Molecular Biology and Evolution 21 (7), 1323-1331, 2004 | 41 | 2004 |
Functional activation by central monoamines of human dopamine D4 receptor polymorphic variants coupled to GIRK channels in Xenopus oocytes C Wedemeyer, JD Goutman, ME Avale, LF Franchini, M Rubinstein, ... European journal of pharmacology 562 (3), 165-173, 2007 | 38 | 2007 |
Genomic approaches to studying human-specific developmental traits LF Franchini, KS Pollard Development 142 (18), 3100-3112, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
Distinct evolutionary trajectories of neuronal and hair cell nicotinic acetylcholine receptors I Marcovich, MJ Moglie, AE Carpaneto Freixas, AP Trigila, LF Franchini, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 37 (4), 1070-1089, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
Spectrin βV adaptive mutations and changes in subcellular location correlate with emergence of hair cell electromotility in mammalians M Cortese, S Papal, F Pisciottano, AB Elgoyhen, JP Hardelin, C Petit, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (8), 2054-2059, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
Inner ear genes underwent positive selection and adaptation in the mammalian lineage F Pisciottano, AR Cinalli, JM Stopiello, VC Castagna, AB Elgoyhen, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (8), 1653-1670, 2019 | 26* | 2019 |
Reduced sodium appetite and increased oxytocin gene expression in mutant mice lacking β-endorphin LF Franchini, M Rubinstein, L Vivas Neuroscience 121 (4), 875-881, 2003 | 25 | 2003 |