The nacre protein perlucin nucleates growth of calcium carbonate crystals

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-291

  Blank, S ^a   Arnoldi, M ^a,c   Khoshnavaz, S ^a   Treccani, L ^a   Kuntz, M ^a   Mann, K ^b   Grathwohl, G ^a   Fritz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Bayrische Landesbank   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Atomic force microscopy in aqueous solution; Biogenic polymer mineral composite; Biomineralization; Calcite; Haliotis laevigata; Nacre; Perlucin

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BODY FLUIDS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; NEEDLES; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARAGONITE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; BIOGENIC POLYMER/MINERAL COMPOSITE; BIOGENICS; CALCIUM CARBONATE CRYSTALS; HALIOTI LAEVIGATUM; HALIOTIS; NACRE; PERLUCIN;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MINERALIZATION; MOLLUSC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS; HALIOTIS LAEVIGATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0347511023     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2003.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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