Biomineralization: At the cutting edge

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5592, 2002, Pages 375-376

  Weiner, Steve ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER CHLORIDE; HISTIDINE; MAGNETITE; MINERAL; VENOM;

BIOMINERALIZATION;

ARTHROPOD; BINDING SITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; DENTIN; MANDIBLE; METAL BINDING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOMECHANICS; CHLORIDES; COPPER; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MINERALS; POLYCHAETA; PROTEINS; TOOTH; VERTEBRATES;

ARTHROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037064185     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078093     Document Type: Short Survey

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