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Robert Roer
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 2
Citations - 383
Robert Roer is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arthropod cuticle & Apolysis. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 357 citations.
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The Structure and Calcification of the Crustacean Cuticle
Robert Roer,Richard M. Dillaman +1 more
TL;DR: Control of crystal organization is a complex phenomenon unrelated to the gross morphology of the matrix in decapod crustaceans and in two species of crabs studied to date these movements are accomplished by active transport effected by a Ca-ATPase and Na/Ca exchange mechanism.
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Exoskeletons across the Pancrustacea: Comparative Morphology, Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics
TL;DR: Orthologs of genes discussed in the present review were mined from a recently completed cuticular transcriptome of the crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, providing new insights into the nature of these proteins.