The eggshell: Structure, composition and mineralization

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1266-1280

  Hincke, Maxwell T ^a   Nys, Yves ^b   Gautron, Joel ^b   Mann, Karlheinz ^c   Rodriguez Navarro, Alejandro B ^d   McKee, Marc D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcite; Eggshell; Osteopontin; Ovocalyxin; Ovocleidin; Review

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; REPTILIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EGG SHELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EGG SHELL; MINERALS;

EID: 84859261132     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3985     Document Type: Review

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