Cell Signaling During Muscle Cell Specification (Somitogenesis) in Zebrafish

Developmental  Toxicology: Effects of Environmental Carcinogens on Sea Urchin Embryonic Axis Specification
 

Pillai, M.C., Vines, C.A., Wikramanayake, A.H. and Cherr, G.N. 2003. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons disrupt axial development in sea urchin embryos through a beta-catenin dependent pathway.  Toxicology, 186: 93-108. 

Vines, C.A., Kiroku, K., Griffin, F.J., Pillai, M.C., Morisawa, M., Yanagimachi, R. and Cherr, G.N. 2002. Motility initiation in herring sperm is regulated by a reverse sodium-calcium exchange.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA). 99: 2026-2031.

Griffin, F.J., Pillai, M.C., Vines, C.A., Hibbard-Robbins, T., Yanagimachi, R. and Cherr, G.N. 1998. Effect of salinity on fertilization and development in herring. Biol Bull., 194: 25-35

Shamseldin, A., Clegg, J.S., Friedman, C.S., Cherr, G.N. and Pillai M.C. 1997. Induced thermotolerance in the Pacific oyster, Crassostra gigas. J. Shell Fish Res., 16 : 487-49. 

Pillai, M.C., Blethrow, H.S., Higashi, R.M. and Cherr, G.N. 1997. Inhibition of the sea urchin sperm acrosome reaction by a lignin-derived macromolecule. Aquat. Toxicol. 37: 139-156. 

Vines, C.A., Griffin, F.J., Pillai, M.C., Yanagimachi, R., Hibbard-Robbins, T., and Cherr, G.N. 1996. A specialized role for the Pacific herring egg chorion in sperm motility initiation. In The Fish Egg: Its Biology and Culture Symposium Proceedings (D. MacKinlay and M. Eldridge, eds.), International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, San Francisco State University, pp. 167-172.

Griffin, F.J., Vines, C.A., Pillai, M.C., Yanagimachi, R. and Cherr, G.N. 1996. The sperm motility initiation factor (SMIF) of the Pacific herring egg chorion: A minor component of major function. Develop Growth &Differ., 38: 193-202.

Cherr, G.N. and Pillai, M.C. 1995. Environmental Factors affecting reproduction and development of Pacific herring in the San Francisco Estuary. California Dept. of Fish and Game Publication, August, 1995. pp. 8-9.

Garman, G.D., Pillai, M.C., and Cherr, G.N. 1994. Nuclear events during early development in gametophytes of Macrocystis pyrifera, and the temporal effects of a marine contaminant. Marine Biology, 121: 355-363.

Garman, G.D., Pillai, M.C., and Cherr, G.N. 1994. Inhibition of cellular events during algal gametophyte development: Effects of select metals and an aqueous petroleum waste. Aquatic Toxicology. 28: 127-144. 

Pillai, M.C., R. Yanagimaci and Cherr, G.N. 1994. In Vivo and in vitro initiation of sperm motility using fresh and cryopreserved gametes from the Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 214: 521-527.

Cherr, G.N., Fan,T.W-M., Pillai, M.C., Shields, T. S., and Higashi, R.M. 1993. Electrophoretic separation, characterization, and quantification of biologically active lignin-derived macromolecules. Analytical Biochemistry. 214: 521-527.

Pillai, M.C., Shields, T.S., Yanagimachi, R. and Cherr, G.N. 1992. Isolation and partial characterization of the sperm motility initiating factor from eggs of the Pacific Herring, Clupea pallasii. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 265: 336-342.

Fan, T.W.-M., Higashi, R.M., Cherr, G.N. and Pillai, M.C. 1992. Produced water perturbs reproduction in mussels as monitored in vivo by NMR spectroscopy and imaging. In: Environmental Science Research (J.P. Ray and F.R. Engelhardt, eds.), 46: 403-414.

Yanagimachi, R., Cherr, G.N., Pillai, M.C. and Baldwin, J.D. 1992. Factors controlling sperm entry into the micropyles of salmonid and herring eggs. Development, Growth and Differentiation, 34: 447-461.

Baldwin, J.D., Pillai M.C. and Cherr, G.N. 1992. The response of sea urchin embryos to aqueous petroleum wastes includes the expression of a high molecular weight glycoprotein. Marine Biology, 114: 21-30.

Pillai, M.C. , Baldwin, J.D. and Cherr, G.N. 1992. Early development in an algal gametophyte: role of cytoskeleton in germination and nuclear translocation. Protoplasma, 170: 34-45.

Clark, W.H., Jr., Chen, T.-I., Pillai, M.C., Uhlinger, K., Shoffner-McGee J. and Griffin, F.J. 1991.The biology of gamete activation and fertilization in Sicyonia ingentis (Penaeoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Bull. Inst. Academia Sinica, Monograph, 16: 553-571.

Clark, W.H. Jr. and Pillai, M.C. 1991. Egg production, release and activation in the marine shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis. In: Crustacean Issues. Vol. 7, (A.M. Wenner and A. Kuris, eds.). Balkema Press, Rotterdam, pp. 3-8.

Lynn, J.W., Pillai, M.C., Glas, P. and Green, J.D. 1991. Comparative morphology and physiology of egg activation in selected Penaeoidea. In: Frontiers in Shrimp Research. (P. DeLoach, M.A. Davidson, W.J. Dougherty, eds.). Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 47-63.

Pillai, M.C. and Meizel, S. 1991. Trypsin inhibitors prevent the progesterone-initiated increase in intracellular calcium required for the human sperm acrosome reaction. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 258: 384-393.

Pillai, M.C., Griffin, F.J. and W.H. Clark, Jr. 1990. Post-spawning alterations of the extracellular matrices in the eggs of Sicyonia ingentis. (M. Hoshi and O. Yamashita, eds.). Advances in Invertebrate Reproduction, 5: 201-207.

Meizel, S., Pillai, M.C., Diaz-Perez, E. and Thomas, P. 1990. Initiation of the human sperm acrosome reaction by components of human follicular fluid and cumulus secretions including steroids. In: Fertilization in Mammals. (B.D. Bavister, J. Cummins, E.R.D. Roldan, eds.). Serono Symposia USA, Norwell, Massachusetts, pp. 205-222.

Clark, W.H., Jr., Yudin, A.I., Lynn, J.W., Griffin, F.J. and Pillai, M.C. 1990. Jelly layer formation in the penaeoidean shrimp eggs. Biological Bulletin, 178: 295-299.

Pillai, M.C. and Clark, W.H., Jr. 1990. Development of cortical vesicles in Sicyonia ingentis ova: Their heterogeneity and role in elaboration of the hatching envelope. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 26: 78-89.

Pillai, M.C. and Clark, W.H., Jr. 1988. Hatching envelope formation in shrimp (Sicyonia ingentis) ova: origin and sequential exocytosis of cortical vesicles. Tissue & Cell 20: 941-952. 

Pillai, M.C., Griffin, F.J.and Clark, W.H., Jr. 1988. Induced spawning in the marine shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis. Biological Bulletin, 174:181-185.

Pillai, M.C. and Clark, W.H., Jr. 1987. Oocyte activation in the Marine shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 244: 325-330.