Molecular Biomineralization: Aquatic Organisms Forming Extraordinary Materials

By Werner E.G. Müller

Book Overview

Magnetite Biomineralization in Bacteria.- Maxi and Mini Ferritins: Minerals and Protein Nanocages.- Manganese Oxidation by Bacteria: Biogeochemical Aspects.- Molecular Biomineralization: Towards an Understanding of the Biogenic Origin of Polymetallic Nodules, Seamount Crusts and Hydrothermal Vents.- Molecular basis of bacterial calcium carbonate precipitation.- Principles of calcium-based biomineralization.- Molecular Aspects of Biomineralization of the Echinoderm Endoskeleton.- Echinoderms as blueprints for biocalcification: regulation of skeletogenic genes and matrices.- The unique invention of the siliceous sponges: their enzymatically made bio-silica skeleton.- Biosilica-based strategies for treatment of osteoporosis and other bone diseases.- Structure and function of matrix proteins and peptides in the biomineral formation in crustaceans.- Molecular Approaches to Understand Biomineralization of Shell Nacreous Layer.- Acidic shell proteins of the Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobili.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642271189
• ISBN13: 9783642271182
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"