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both maternally and zygotically in the sea urchin embryo. Dev Growth Diff 37:517–527
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148:261–272
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embryonic skeleton formation. Exp Cell Res 314:1744–1752
Yang L, Killian CE, Kunz M, Tamura N, Gilbert PUPA (2011) Biomineral nanoparticles are
space-filling. Nanoscale 3:603–609
Yokota Y, Matranga V, Zito F, Cervello M, Nakano E (1994) Nectins in sea urchin eggs and
embryos. J Mar Biol Ass UK 74:27–34
Zito F, Matranga V (2009) Secondary mesenchyme cells as potential stem cells of the sea urchin
embryo. In Stem cells in marine organisms (eds: Rinkevich B, Matranga V). Springer,
New York, pp 187–213
Zito F, TesoroV McClay DR, Nakano E, Matranga V (1998) Ectoderm cell–ECM interaction is
essential for sea urchin embryo skeletogenesis. Dev Biol 196:184–192
Zito F, Costa C, Sciarrino S, Poma V, Russo R, Angerer LM, Matranga V (2003) Expression of
univin, a TGF-beta growth factor, requires ectoderm–ECM interaction and promotes skeletal
growth in the sea urchin embryo. Dev Biol 264:217–227
Zito F, Burke RD, Matranga V (2010) Pl-nectin, a discoidin family member, is a ligand for betaC
integrins in the sea urchin embryo. Matrix Biol 29:341–345
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lamina of the sea urchin embryo. Dev Growth Differ 40:527–535
Todgham AE, Hofmann GE (2009) Transcriptomic response of sea urchin larvae Strongylocentrotus purpuratus to CO2-driven seawater acidification. J Exp Biol 212:2579–2594
Truhaut R (1977) Eco-toxicology – objectives, principles and perspectives. Ecotoxicology and
Environm Safety 2:151–173
Weber JN, Raup DM (1966) Fractionation of the stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen in marine
calcareous organisms—the Echinoidea. Part II. Environmental and genetic factors. Geochim
Cosmochim Acta 30:705–736
Weiss IM, Tuross N, Addadi L, Weiner S (2002) Mollusk larval shell formation: amorphous
calcium carbonate is a precursor for aragonite. J Exp Zool 293:478–491
Wessel G, Berg L (1995) A spatially restricted molecule of the extracellular matrix is contributed
both maternally and zygotically in the sea urchin embryo. Dev Growth Diff 37:517–527
Wessel GM, Etkin M, Benson S (1991) Primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo
require an autonomously produced, nonfibrillar collagen for spiculogenesis. Dev Biol
148:261–272
Wilt F (1999) Matrix and mineral in the sea urchin larval skeleton. J Struct Biol 126:216–226
Wilt FH, Killian CE, Hamilton P, Croker L (2008) The dynamics of secretion during sea urchin
embryonic skeleton formation. Exp Cell Res 314:1744–1752
Yang L, Killian CE, Kunz M, Tamura N, Gilbert PUPA (2011) Biomineral nanoparticles are
space-filling. Nanoscale 3:603–609
Yokota Y, Matranga V, Zito F, Cervello M, Nakano E (1994) Nectins in sea urchin eggs and
embryos. J Mar Biol Ass UK 74:27–34
Zito F, Matranga V (2009) Secondary mesenchyme cells as potential stem cells of the sea urchin
embryo. In Stem cells in marine organisms (eds: Rinkevich B, Matranga V). Springer,
New York, pp 187–213
Zito F, TesoroV McClay DR, Nakano E, Matranga V (1998) Ectoderm cell–ECM interaction is
essential for sea urchin embryo skeletogenesis. Dev Biol 196:184–192
Zito F, Costa C, Sciarrino S, Poma V, Russo R, Angerer LM, Matranga V (2003) Expression of
univin, a TGF-beta growth factor, requires ectoderm–ECM interaction and promotes skeletal
growth in the sea urchin embryo. Dev Biol 264:217–227
Zito F, Burke RD, Matranga V (2010) Pl-nectin, a discoidin family member, is a ligand for betaC
integrins in the sea urchin embryo. Matrix Biol 29:341–345
248
V. Matranga et al.
