Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 17362-17366

  Politi, Yael ^a   Metzler, Rebecca A ^b   Abrecht, Mike ^c   Gilbert, Benjamin ^d   Wilt, Fred H ^e   Sagi, Irit ^a   Addadi, Lia ^a   Weiner, Steve ^a   Gilbert, Pupa ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Ca L edge X ray absorption near edge structure; X PEEM; X ray photoelectron emission spectromicroscopy; XANES

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA URCHIN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 56249107725     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806604105     Document Type: Article

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