Sea urchin tooth mineralization: Calcite present early in the aboral plumula

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-289

  Stock, Stuart R ^a   Veis, Arthur ^a   Xiao, Xianghui ^b   Almer, Jonathan D ^b   Dorvee, Jason R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; MicroCT; Raman spectroscopy; Sea urchin; Synchrotron radiation; Tooth; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEA URCHIN; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCYTIUM; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEA URCHINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SYNCHROTRONS; TOOTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84867910078     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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