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Ana-Cristina Vilela-Silva

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Leonardo P Cinelli; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Paulo A S Mourão
Seminal fluid from sea urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) contains complex sulfated polysaccharides linked to protein.
Michelle O Castro; Vitor H Pomin; Livia L Santos; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Noritaka Hirohashi; Laércio Pol-Fachin; Hugo Verli; Paulo A S Mourão
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.
Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Noritaka Hirohashi; Paulo A S Mourão
The structure of sulfated polysaccharides ensures a carbohydrate-based mechanism for species recognition during sea urchin fertilization.

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2009: Leonardo P Cinelli; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Paulo A S Mourão
Seminal fluid from sea urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) contains complex sulfated polysaccharides linked to protein.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 2009;154(1):108-12.
2009: Michelle O Castro; Vitor H Pomin; Livia L Santos; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Noritaka Hirohashi; Laércio Pol-Fachin; Hugo Verli; Paulo A S Mourão
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.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(28):18790-800.
2008: Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Noritaka Hirohashi; Paulo A S Mourão
The structure of sulfated polysaccharides ensures a carbohydrate-based mechanism for species recognition during sea urchin fertilization.
The International journal of developmental biology 2008;52(5-6):551-9.
2007: Leonardo P Cinelli; Michelle O Castro; Livia L Santos; Clarice R Garcia; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Paulo A S Mourão
Expression of two different sulfated fucans by females of Lytechinus variegatus may regulate the seasonal variation in the fertilization of the sea urchin.
Glycobiology 2007;17(8):877-85.
2006: Mauro Pavão; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Paulo A S Mourão
Biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate: from the early, precursor discoveries to nowadays, genetics approaches.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) 2006;53():117-40.
2004: Christiane H Biermann; Jessica A Marks; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Michelle O Castro; Paulo A S Mourão
Carbohydrate-based species recognition in sea urchin fertilization: another avenue for speciation?
Evolution & development 2004;6(5):353-61.
2003: Megumi Hikino; Tadahisa Mikami; Andreas Faissner; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Mauro Pavão; Kazuyuki Sugahara
Oversulfated dermatan sulfate exhibits neurite outgrowth-promoting activity toward embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons: implications of dermatan sulfate in neuritogenesis in the brain.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(44):43744-54.
2002: Mariana S Pereira; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Ana Paula Valente; Paulo A S Mourão
A 2-sulfated, 3-linked alpha-L-galactan is an anticoagulant polysaccharide.
Carbohydrate research 2002;337(21-23):2231-8.
2002: Noritaka Hirohashi; Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Paulo A S Mourão; Victor D Vacquier
Structural requirements for species-specific induction of the sperm acrosome reaction by sea urchin egg sulfated fucan.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2002;298(3):403-7.
2002: Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Michelle O Castro; Ana Paula Valente; Christiane H Biermann; Paulo A S Mourao
Sulfated fucans from the egg jellies of the closely related sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and Strongylocentrotus pallidus ensure species-specific fertilization.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(1):379-87.
2001: Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; Cláudio C Werneck; Ana Paula Valente; Victor D Vacquier; Paulo A S Mourão
Embryos of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus synthesize a dermatan sulfate enriched in 4-O- and 6-O-disulfated galactosamine units.
Glycobiology 2001;11(6):433-40.
1999: Ana-Cristina E S Vilela-Silva; AP Alves; Ana Paula Valente; Victor D Vacquier; Paulo A S Mourão
Structure of the sulfated alpha-L-fucan from the egg jelly coat of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: patterns of preferential 2-O- and 4-O-sulfation determine sperm cell recognition.
Glycobiology 1999;9(9):927-33.