Specification of cell fate in the sea urchin embryo: summary and some proposed mechanisms

EH Davidson, RA Cameron, A Ransick - Development, 1998 - journals.biologists.com
An early set of blastomere specifications occurs during cleavage in the sea urchin embryo,
the result of both conditional and autonomous processes, as proposed in the model for this …

Constraint, flexibility, and phylogenetic history in the evolution of direct development in sea urchins

RA Raff - Developmental biology, 1987 - Elsevier
Abstract Development in sea urchins typically involves the production of an elaborate
feeding larva, the pluteus, within which the juvenile sea urchin grows. However, a significant …

Echinodermata: the complex immune system in echinoderms

LC Smith, V Arizza, MA Barela Hudgell… - Advances in …, 2018 - Springer
The Echinodermata are an ancient phylum of benthic marine invertebrates with a dispersal-
stage planktonic larva. These animals have innate immune systems characterized initially by …

Cell lineage conversion in the sea urchin embryo

CA Ettensohn, DR McClay - Developmental biology, 1988 - Elsevier
The mesoderm of the sea urchin embryo conventionally is divided into two populations of
cells; the primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs), which produce the larval skeleton, and the …

Alx1, a member of the Cart1/Alx3/Alx4 subfamily of Paired-class homeodomain proteins, is an essential component of the gene network controlling skeletogenic fate …

CA Ettensohn, MR Illies, P Oliveri, DL De Jong - 2003 - journals.biologists.com
In the sea urchin embryo, the large micromeres and their progeny function as a critical
signaling center and execute a complex morphogenetic program. We have identified a new …

Regulation of dynamic pigment cell states at single-cell resolution

M Perillo, N Oulhen, S Foster, M Spurrell, C Calestani… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Cells bearing pigment have diverse roles and are often under strict evolutionary selection.
Here, we explore the regulation of pigmented cells in the purple sea urchin …

Commitment along the dorsoventral axis of the sea urchin embryo is altered in response to NiCl2

J Hardin, JA Coffman, SD Black… - Development, 1992 - journals.biologists.com
Few treatments are known that perturb the dorsoventral axis of the sea urchin embryo. We
report here that the dorsoventral polarity of the sea urchin embryo can be disrupted by …

Lineage and fate of each blastomere of the eight-cell sea urchin embryo.

RA Cameron, BR Hough-Evans, RJ Britten… - Genes & …, 1987 - genesdev.cshlp.org
A fluoresceinated lineage tracer was injected into individual blastomeres of eight-cell sea
urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) embryos, and the location of the progeny of each …

The sea urchin immune system

LC Smith, JP Rast, V Brockton, DP Terwilliger… - Invertebrate Survival …, 2006 - isj.unimore.it
The sea urchin immune system Page 1 25 ISJ 3: 25-39, 2006 ISSN 1824-307X Review The sea
urchin immune system LC Smith1, JP Rast2, V Brockton1, DP Terwilliger1, SV Nair3, KM …

Naphthoquinone pigments from sea urchins: Chemistry and pharmacology

AN Shikov, ON Pozharitskaya, AS Krishtopina… - Phytochemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Due to their wide distribution, chemical diversity and scientifically confirmed
pharmacological properties, sea urchin pigments have evoked renewed interest as a …