Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
Molecular biomineralization : aquatic organisms forming extraordinary materials
- Available as
- Physical
Details
Checking for availability...
- Creator
- Werner E.G. Müller, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
-
- Heidelberg [Germany] ; New York : Springer, [2011]
- ©2011
- Series
- Physical Details
-
- xi, 403 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1283469960, 9783642212307, 3642212301, 9786613469960, 3642212298, 3642271189, 9783642212291
- OCLC
- ocn733247140, ocn763157672, ocn756492100
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Metallic biominerals: Magnetite biomineralization in bacteria / Jens Baumgartner and Damien Faivre. Maxi- and mini-ferritins : minerals and protein nanocages / Loes E. Bevers and Elizabeth C. Theil. Manganese oxidation by bacteria : biogeochemical aspects / P.P. Sujith and P.A. Loka Bharathi. Molecular biomineralization : toward an understanding of the biogenic origin of polymetallic nodules, seamount crusts, and hydrothermal vents / Xiaohong Wang ... [et al.] -- Biocalcium: Molecular basis of bacterial calcium carbonate precipitation / Brunella Perito and Giorgio Mastromei. Principles of calcium-based biomineralization / Qingling Feng. Molecular aspects of biomineralization of the echinoderm endoskeleton / P.U.P.A. Gilbert and Fred H. Wilt. Echinoderms as blueprints for biocalcification : regulation of skeletogenic genes and matrices / Valeria Matranga ... [et al.] -- Biosilica, and its applications: The unique invention of the siliceous sponges : their enzymatically made bio-silica skeleton / Werner E.G. Müller ... [et al.]. Biosilica-based strategies for treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases / Heinz C. Schröder ... [et al.] -- Nacre: Structure and function of matrix proteins and peptides in the biomineral formation in crustaceans / Hiromichi Nagasawa. Molecular approaches to understand biomineralization of shell nacreous layer / Li-ping Xie ... [et al.]. Acid shell proteins of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis / Frédéric Marin, Prabakaran Narayanappa, and Sébastien Motreuil
Subjects
- Biomineralization.
- Silica.
- Aquatic organisms -- Effect of metals on.
- Minerals -- metabolism.
Medical Subject Heading
- Chemistry, Bioinorganic.
Medical Subject Heading
- Aquatic Organisms -- chemistry.
Medical Subject Heading
- Aquatic Organisms -- metabolism.
Medical Subject Heading