Molecular Biomineralization : Aquatic Organisms Forming Extraordinary Materials - Müller, Werner E. G.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
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.
Keywords: Biochemistry; Aquatic ecology .; Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Molecular biology; Animal Biochemistry; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Molecular Medicine