Biomineralization : progress in biology, molecular biology and application /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baeuerlein, Edmund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2004.
Edition:Second completely revised and extended edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Peptides, pre-biotic selection and pre-biotic vesicles
  • Magnetic iron oxide and iron sulfide minerals within microorganisms : potential biomarkers
  • Phylogeny and in situ identification of magnetotactic bacteria
  • Biochemical and genetic analysis of the magnetosome membrane in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense
  • Enzymes for magnetite synthesis in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum
  • Molecular and biotechnological aspects of bacterial magnetite
  • Biogenic magnetite as a basis for geomagnetic field perception in animals
  • Iron-oxo clusters and the onset of biomineralization on protein surfaces - lessons from an archaeal ferritin
  • The molecular basis of diatom biosilica formation
  • Silicic acid transport and its control during cell wall silicification in diatoms
  • The nanostructure and development of diatom biosilica
  • Biomineralization in coccolithophores
  • The proton pump of the calcifying vesicle of the coccolithophore, Pleurochrysis
  • The zebrafish as a genetic model to study otolith formation
  • Lot's wife's problem revisited : how we prevent pathological calcification
  • Aspects of dentinogenesis : a model for biomineralization
  • The zebrafish as a model for studying skeletal development
  • Modern methods of investigation in biomineralization