Michelle O. Castro

Sulfated Fucans from the Egg Jellies of the Closely Related Sea Urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and Strongylocentrotus pallidus Ensure Species-specific Fertilization*

A. Valente, P. Mourão, A. Vilela-Silva, 2002, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Expression of two different sulfated fucans by females of Lytechinus variegatus may regulate the seasonal variation in the fertilization of the sea urchin.

P. Mourão, C. R. Garcia, L. P. Cinelli, 2007, Glycobiology.

A unique 2-sulfated {beta}-galactan from the egg jelly of the sea urchin Glyptocidaris crenularis: conformation flexibility versus induction of the sperm acrosome reaction.

Hugo Verli, Noritaka Hirohashi, V. Pomin, 2009, The Journal of biological chemistry.

Carbohydrate‐based species recognition in sea urchin fertilization: another avenue for speciation?

J. Marks, Michelle O. Castro, C. Biermann, 2004, Evolution & development.