Development of calcareous skeletal elements in invertebrates

Differentiation

Volumn 71, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 237-250

  Wilt, Fred H ^a   Killian, Christopher E ^a   Livingston, Brian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Carapace; Endoskeleton; Exoskeleton; Shell; Skeletogenesis; Spicule

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; MINERAL; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTHROPOD; ASCIDIACEA; ASTERIAS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; METAZOON; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASCIDIACEA; ASTERIAS; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; EUECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038010062     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2003.7104501.x     Document Type: Review

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