Sheet nacre growth mechanism: A Voronoi model

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Rousseau, Marthe ^a   Lopez, Evelyne ^a   Couté, Alain ^a   Mascarel, Gérard ^a   Smith, David C ^a,b   Naslain, Roger ^c   Bourrat, Xavier ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bio mineralization; Mechanism; Mother of pearl; Organic matrix; SEM; Structure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROWTH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLLUSCA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

ANIMALIA; MARGARITIFERA; PINCTADA; PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 12844270020     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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