Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal
Open Access
ISSN: 2150-3508
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2150-3508
+44 1478 350008
Vyacheslav Dyachuk
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690041
Serbia
Review Article
Extracellular Matrix Components in Bivalvia: Shell and ECM Components in Developmental and Adult Tissues
Author(s): Vyacheslav DyachukVyacheslav Dyachuk
The Extracellular matrix (ECM) is a vital trigger of molecular events in development, homeostasis, cell phenotypes, and evolution. Annotated genome databases and their comparative analyses enable the assessment of the most conservative representation of the ECM components among the Metazoa. Bivalves are widely distributed animals present in various ecological niches. They have shells, indirect developmental life cycles, and highly diverse adaptations and habitat reflected by their ECM repertoire. Only recently, researchers began to characterize the conservation among invertebrates and unique species-specific ECM components involved in biomineralization, development, and cell-cell communications. Here, I discuss the most recent data for the dynamic expression of ECM proteins based on transcriptome data during larval oyster development and in adult organs. Using developmental and cell b.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2150-3508.1000248