Covalent modification of chitin with silk-derivatives acts as an amphiphilic self-organizing template in nacre biomineralisation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-75

  Weiss, Ingrid M ^a,b   Kaufmann, Stefan ^c   Heiland, Birgit ^a   Tanaka, Motomu ^c  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; Mollusc shell; Nacre; Oligosaccharide; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHITIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 67349139852     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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