Molluscan shell evolution with review of shell calcification hypothesis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-371

  Furuhashi, Takeshi ^a   Schwarzinger, Clemes ^b   Miksik, Ivan ^c   Smrz, Miloslav ^c   Beran, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aculiferan; Biomineralization; Mollusca; Shell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; SILK FIBROIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHITON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; STAINING;

INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70149099734     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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