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Sea urchin (invertebrate)

Known as: Sea Urchins, Urchin, Sea, Echinoideas 
Somewhat flattened, globular echinoderms, having thin, brittle shells of calcareous plates. They are useful models for studying FERTILIZATION and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Arbacia punctulataLytechinusMicrobiologicalaspects of radiation effects

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Echinodermata

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Calcium channel antagonists inhibit the acrosome reaction and bind to plasma membranes of sea urchin sperm.
As a prerequisite to fertilization, sea urchin sperm undergo an acrosome reaction that is mediated in part by increased… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Scanning electron microscope studies of sea urchin fertilization. I. Eggs with vitelline layers.
The surface coats of sea urchin eggs and the events of fertilization which take place on these surfaces were examined with the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Fishery biological studies on a sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz)
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Histone synthesis. Assignment to a special class of polyribosomes in sea urchin embryos.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Characterization of sea urchin sperm chromatin and its basic proteins.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Histones from sperm of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula.
Whole histone and five fractions were prepared from the sperm of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula. They were characterized by starch… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Variations in the phosphate content and thiołdisulphide ratio of histones during the cell cycle. Studies with regenerating rat liver and sea urchins.
1. In regenerating rat liver the phosphate content of the lysine-rich histone F1, but not that of the more arginine-rich histone… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Cytoplasmic DNA in the unfertilized sea urchin egg: physical properties of circular mitochondrial DNA and the occurrence of catenated forms.
The mitochondrial DNA in the unfertilized egg of the sea urchin Lytechinus pictus is present in an amount approximately seven… 
Review
1967
Review
1967
Photoreactivating-enzyme activity in metazoa.
Photoreactivation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage to organisms has been demonstrated in many plant and animal phyla.1 In a… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Changing populations of messenger RNA during sea urchin development.
Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, while the author was a Guggenheim fellow. It was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service…