Biomineralization
Chemical and Biochemical Perspectives
Published on 15. September 1989
Book
XXIV, 541 pages
978-3-527-26750-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a chemical and biochemical perspective on the formation and function of inorganic solids in biological systems - bones, teeth, shells, magnets. Biomineralization is covered at a molecular level, including aspects of control and regulation of crystal chemical processes, involved in calcification, silification and iron oxide formation within unicellular and multicellular organisms.
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The functional forms of biominerals, R.J.P.Williams; crystallochemical strategies in biomineralization, S.Mann; carbonate calcification in algae - initiation and control, M.A.Borowitzka; matrix-crystal interactions in CaCO(3) Biomineralization, A.P.Wheeler and C.S.Sikes; stereochemical and structural relations between macromolecules and crystals in biomineralization, L.Addidi and S.Weiner; in vitro studies of calcium phosphate crystallization, G.H.Nancollas; biochemical studies of vertyebrate tooth mineralization, A.Veis; chemical studies of biogenic silica, C.C.Perry; ferritin - function and structural design of an iron-storage protein, P.M.Harrison et al; ferritin and hemosiderin - structural and magnetic studies of the iron core, T.G.St Pierre and J.Webb; biomineralization of iron in molluscan teeth, J.Webb et al; magnetite biomineralization in unicellular microorganisms, S.Mann and R.B.Frankel; structural and analytical studies on metal ion-containing granules, M.G.Taylor and K.Simkiss; proton beam analysis in studies of composite biominerals, J.Webb and C.C.Perry; the importance of the study of biominerals to materials technology, J.D.Birchall.