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Dev Biol 2006 Dec 01;3001:252-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.044.
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The echinoderm adhesome.

Whittaker CA , Bergeron KF , Whittle J , Brandhorst BP , Burke RD , Hynes RO .


Abstract
Although the development of sea urchin embryos has been studied extensively and clearly involves both cell adhesion and cell migration, rather little is known about the adhesion receptors and extracellular matrix molecules involved. The completion of the genome of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus allows a comprehensive survey of the complement of cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in this organism. Furthermore, the phylogenetic position of echinoderms offers the opportunity to compare the complement of adhesion proteins between protostome and deuterostome invertebrates and between invertebrate and vertebrate deuterostomes. Many aspects of development and cell interactions differ among these different taxa and it is likely that analysis of the spectrum of adhesion receptors and extracellular matrix proteins can open up new insights into which molecules have evolved to suit particular developmental processes. In this paper, we report the results of an initial analysis along these lines. The echinoderm adhesome (complement of adhesion-related genes/proteins) is similar overall to that of other invertebrates although there are significant deuterostome-specific innovations and some interesting features previously thought to be chordate or vertebrate specific.

PubMed ID: 16950242
PMC ID: PMC3565218
Article link: Dev Biol
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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC100893907 LOC115919910

References [+] :
, Unified nomenclature for the semaphorins/collapsins. Semaphorin Nomenclature Committee. 1999, Pubmed