"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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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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Neurosensory and neuromuscular organization in tube feet of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. J Comp Neurol. 2011 Dec 01; 519(17):3566-79.
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Reduced O2 and elevated ROS in sea urchin embryos leads to defects in ectoderm differentiation. Dev Dyn. 2009 Jul; 238(7):1777-87.
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Respecification of ectoderm and altered Nodal expression in sea urchin embryos after cobalt and nickel treatment. Mech Dev. 2009 May-Jun; 126(5-6):430-42.
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Shedding genomic light on Aristotle's lantern. Dev Biol. 2006 Dec 01; 300(1):2-8.
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Creation of cis-regulatory elements during sea urchin evolution by co-option and optimization of a repetitive sequence adjacent to the spec2a gene. Dev Biol. 2004 Sep 15; 273(2):436-53.
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Nuclear beta-catenin-dependent Wnt8 signaling in vegetal cells of the early sea urchin embryo regulates gastrulation and differentiation of endoderm and mesodermal cell lineages. Genesis. 2004 Jul; 39(3):194-205.
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Immunohistochemical validation of a novel epithelial and a novel stromal marker of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma identified by global expression microarrays: sea urchin fascin homolog and heat shock protein 47. Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Jul; 118(1):52-9.
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Ectoderm gene activation in sea urchin embryos mediated by the CCAAT-binding factor. Differentiation. 2002 May; 70(2-3):109-19.
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Multiple signaling events specify ectoderm and pattern the oral-aboral axis in the sea urchin embryo. Development. 1997 Jan; 124(1):13-20.