Control over aragonite crystal nucleation and growth: An in vitro study of biomineralization

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-396

  Levi, Yael ^a   Albeck, Shira ^a   Brack, Andre ^b   Weiner, Steve ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biomineralization; Calcite; Crystal; Growth; Peptides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000001295     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19980310)4:3<389::AID-CHEM389>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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