Unique crystallographic pattern in the macro to atomic structure of Herdmania momus vateritic spicules

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-198

  Kabalah Amitai, Lee ^a   Mayzel, Boaz ^b   Zaslansky, Paul ^c   Kauffmann, Yaron ^a   Clotens, Peter ^d   Pokroy, Boaz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Biogenic crystals; Biomineralization; Crystallographic orientations; High resolution characterization techniques; Vaterite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HERDMANIA MOMUS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NANOTOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPICULE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HERDMANIA MOMUS; VATERITIC;

ASCIDIANS; BF; BIOGENIC CRYSTALS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BRIGHT FIELD; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; FIB; FOCUSED ION BEAM; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HRSEM; HRTEM; HV; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEM; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VATERITE;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; UROCHORDATA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84881548857     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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