Mai Kamata, Yuri Taniguchi, Junko Yaguchi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shunsuke Yaguchi
BACKGROUND: Gastrulation is one of the most important events in our lives (Barresi and Gilbert, 2020, Developmental Biology, 12th ed.). The molecular mechanisms of gastrulation in multicellular organisms are not yet fully understood, since many molecular, physical, and chemical factors are involved in the event. RESULTS: Here, we found that one of muscle components, Troponin-I (TnI), is expressed in future gut cells, which are not muscular cells at all, and regulates gastrulation in embryos of a sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus...
December 10, 2023: Developmental Dynamics