"Sea Urchins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Somewhat flattened, globular echinoderms, having thin, brittle shells of calcareous plates. They are useful models for studying FERTILIZATION and EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT.
| Descriptor ID |
D012617
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.408.578
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| Concept/Terms |
Sea Urchins- Sea Urchins
- Sea Urchin
- Urchin, Sea
- Urchins, Sea
- Echinoidea
- Echinoideas
Sand-Dollar- Sand-Dollar
- Sand Dollar
- Sand-Dollars
- Sand Dollars
- Dollar, Sand
- Dollars, Sand
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteroidas
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sea Urchins" by people in Profiles.
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A Novel Sand Dollar and Staves Technique for Unilateral Lambdoid Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Feb 01; 32(1):27-31.
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Shedding genomic light on Aristotle's lantern. Dev Biol. 2006 Dec 01; 300(1):2-8.
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Metaphase and anaphase in the artificially induced monopolar spindle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Apr 26; 91(9):3921-5.
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Do astral microtubules play a role in metaphase chromosome positioning? Biol Cell. 1994; 82(2-3):95-102.
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Chromatin condensation: does histone H1 dephosphorylation play a role? Trends Biochem Sci. 1992 Mar; 17(3):93-8.
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A calcium-binding, asparagine-linked oligosaccharide is involved in skeleton formation in the sea urchin embryo. J Cell Biol. 1989 Sep; 109(3):1289-99.
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Identification, characterization, and functional correlation of calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase in sperm. J Cell Biol. 1988 May; 106(5):1625-33.
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Developmental expression of a cell-surface protein involved in calcium uptake and skeleton formation in sea urchin embryos. Dev Biol. 1987 Aug; 122(2):320-31.
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A monoclonal antibody inhibits calcium accumulation and skeleton formation in cultured embryonic cells of the sea urchin. Cell. 1985 Jun; 41(2):639-48.
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Flagellar motility requires the cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of a heat-stable NP-40-soluble 56 kd protein, axokinin. Cell. 1984 Sep; 38(2):551-9.