Michele R. Illies

Alx1, a member of the Cart1/Alx3/Alx4 subfamily of Paired-class homeodomain proteins, is an essential component of the gene network controlling skeletogenic fate specification in the sea urchin embryo

Charles A. Ettensohn, Michele R. Illies, Paola Oliveri et al. · Development · 2003 · 214 citations

Genetics, Genomic Mechanism, Molecular Genetics +18

Differential stability of β-catenin along the animal-vegetal axis of the sea urchin embryo mediated by dishevelled

Heather E. Weitzel, Michele R. Illies, Christine A. Byrum et al. · Development · 2004 · 145 citations

A large-scale analysis of mRNAs expressed by primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo

Xiaodong Zhu, Gregory G. Mahairas, Michele R. Illies et al. · Development · 2001 · 111 citations

Identification and developmental expression of new biomineralization proteins in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Michele R. Illies, Margaret Peeler, Anna Dechtiaruk et al. · Development Genes and Evolution · 2002 · 100 citations

Biology, Protein Function, Developmental Biology +11

Cell-substrate interactions during sea urchin gastrulation: Migrating primary mesenchyme cells interact with and align extracellular matrix fibers that contain ECM3, a molecule with NG2-like and multiple calcium-binding domains

Paul Hodor, Michele R. Illies, Sarah A. Broadley et al. · Developmental Biology · 2000 · 61 citations

Developmental Biology, Cell Interaction, Extracellular Matrix Fibers +10