Bäuerlein, Edmund (ed.) Handbook of Biomineralization Biological Aspects and Structure Formation
1. Edition - January 2009 189.- Euro 2009. XXX, 441 Pages, Hardcover 127 Fig. (30 Colored Fig.), 18 Tab. - Handbook/Reference Book - ISBN-10: 3-527-31804-6 ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31804-9 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
Short description This first comprehensive overview combines all the modern and interdisciplinary aspects of biomineralization.
From the contents Growth and Form: What is the Aim of Biomineralization SILICA-HYDRATED POLYSILICONDIOXIDE Collagen, a Huge Matrix in Glass Sponge Flexible Spicules of the Meter-long Hyalonema Sieboldi Molecular Genetic and Biochemical Tools for the Analysis of Diatom Cell Wall Formation Formation of Siliceous Spicules in the Marine Demosponge Suberites Domuncula Development of Advanced Mechanical Defenses of Diatom Shells Evolution of Diatoms Uptake of Silicon in Different Plant Species IRON SULFIDES AND OXIDES Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria An Archeal Ferritin: First Step in its Iron Cluster Formation Physiology and Genetics of Magnetite Crystal Formation in Magnetotactic Bacteria Physical and Chemical Principles of Magnetosensation in Biology CALCIUM CARBONATES AND SULFATES The Morphogenesis and Biomineralization of Sea Urchin Laval Spicules Coccolith Formation in Pleurochrysis Carterae: Structural and Molecular Approaches Molecular Approaches to Emiliana Huxleyi Coccolith Formation Organic Matrix and Biomineralization of Scleractinian Corals Statoliths, Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate Crystals, are Used for Gravity Sensing in Scyphozoan Medusa (Cnidaria) Unusually Acidic Proteins in Biomineralization Fish Otolith Calcification in Relation to Endolymph Chemistry Eggshell Growth and Matrix Proteins CALCIUM PHOSPHATES Genetic Basis for the Evolution of Vertebrate Mineralized Tissue Skeletogenesis in Zebra Fish Embryos (Danio Rerio) Synchroton-Radiation Based Micro Computer Tomography Applied on Zebra Fish Bone and Teeth Mechanical and Structural Properties of Skeletal Bone in Wild-Type and Mutant Zebra Fish (Danio Rerio) Nanoscale Mechanism of Bone Deformation and Fracture Formation and Structure of Calciprotein Particles: The Calcium Phosphate-Ahsg/FetuinA Interphase
