"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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Aquatic antagonists: sea urchin dermatitis. Cutis. 2005 Jul; 76(1):18-20.
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Mammalian ets-1 and ets-2 genes encode highly conserved proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Nov; 85(21):7862-6.
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A regulatory domain that directs lineage-specific expression of a skeletal matrix protein gene in the sea urchin embryo. Genes Dev. 1988 Oct; 2(10):1238-50.
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A lineage-specific gene encoding a major matrix protein of the sea urchin embryo spicule. II. Structure of the gene and derived sequence of the protein. Dev Biol. 1987 Apr; 120(2):507-19.
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A lineage-specific gene encoding a major matrix protein of the sea urchin embryo spicule. I. Authentication of the cloned gene and its developmental expression. Dev Biol. 1987 Apr; 120(2):499-506.
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Lineage-specific gene expression in the sea urchin embryo. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1985; 50:321-8.