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Starfish

Known as: Starfishes, Seastars, Seastar 
Echinoderms having bodies of usually five radially disposed arms coalescing at the center.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Development of a subtidal epibenthic community: factors affecting species composition and the mechanisms of succession
SummaryMacroinvertebrate grazers and temporal variability were found to strongly influence species composition of communities… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Tyrosyl phosphorylation and activation of MAP kinases by p56lck.
T cell signaling via the CD4 surface antigen is mediated by the associated tyrosyl protein kinase p56lck. The 42-kilodalton… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Erks: their fifteen minutes has arrived.
In conclusion, a multigene family (ERK) encoding protein kinases that have the capacity to convert tyrosine kinase signals to… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Reproduction of sympatric populations of Patiriella gunnii, P. calcar and P. exigua in New South Wales, asterinid seastars with direct development
Three asterinid seastars, Patiriella gunnii (Gray), P. calcar (Lamarck) and P. exigua (Lamarck) are sympatric in southeast… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Activation of myelin basic protein kinases during echinoderm oocyte maturation and egg fertilization.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Free calcium changes associated with hormone action in amphibian oocytes.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Hormone-induced release of intracellular Ca2+ triggers meiosis in starfish oocytes
THE oocytes of most vertebrates and invertebrates develop to a particular stage of meiosis and then stop1. Various external… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cytoplasmic factor responsible for germinal vesicle breakdown and meiotic maturation in starfish oocyte
IN starfish, the first maturation division of oocytes within an ovary is arrested at a late stage of prophase. It is resumed… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
SPECIFIC ALLOGRAFT REACTIVITY IN THE SEA STAR Dermasterias imbricata
SUMMARY Transplantation studies with the sea star Dermasterias imbricata revealed that this echinoderm rejected most first-set… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
TRANSPLANTATION REACTIONS OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIAN ECHINODERMS
SUMMARY Slow allograft reactions leading to complete rejection of first-set integumentary grafts after 4-6 months were found in… 
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