Lessons from seashells: Silica mineralization via protein templating

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 577-585

  Foo, Cheryl Wong Po ^a   Huang, Jia ^b   Kaplan, David L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOSILICA; EARTH CRUST;

EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONS; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILICA;

PROTEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIALS; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DIATOMS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MINERALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES; PORIFERA; PROTEINS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PORIFERA;

EID: 5644249710     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.09.011     Document Type: Review

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