Biomineralization

Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology and Application

Bäuerlein, Edmund (Editor)

2. Edition October 2004
XXIV, 337 Pages, Hardcover
148 Pictures (26 Colored Figures)
10 tables
Monograph

ISBN: 978-3-527-31065-4

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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Now over 50 % new contents.
Incorporating the rapid advances since publication of the successful first edition, this intensively updated must-have account covers all the background as well as the latest results. Now organized according to the main biominerals, the book reflects the increasingly important biochemical aspects and medicinal applications.
An interdisciplinary team of authors provide first-hand information for a broad community of researchers.

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Now over 50 % new contents.
Incorporating the surprisingly rapid advances in this field since the publication of the successful first edition, this intensively updated and expanded new edition covers all the background as well as the latest results. Now organized according to the main biominerals, the book reflects the increasingly important biochemical aspects and medicinal applications, with four new chapters on biomineralization in mammals, including humans. The whole is rounded off with an entire chapter dedicated to modern methods, especially physical ones that have advanced the field over the last five years.
The international team of renowned authors, under the direction of a leading expert in the field, provide first-hand research results from their own relevant fields. The result is an interdisciplinary must-have account, designed for a broad community of researchers.

Peptides - Composites - Vesicles
MAGNETITE (FE3O4) AND GREIGITE (FE3S4)
Magnetic Iron Oxide and Iron Sulfide Minerals within Microorganisms and as 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
Structural Analysis of H. salinarium DpsA, a Non-canonical Ferritin
SILICA-HYDRATED SIO2
The Molecular Basis of Silica Formation in Diatoms
Silicic Acid Transport and its Control during Cell Wall Silification in Diatoms
The Nanostructure and Development of Diatom Biosilica
CALCIUMCARBONATES
Biomineralization in Coccolithophores
The Proton Pump of the Calcifying Vesicle of the Coccolithophore Pleurochrysis
The Zebrafish as a Genetic Model to Study Otolith Formation
CALCIUMPHOSPHATES
Lot's Wife's Problem Revised: How We Prevent Pathological Calcification
Aspects of Dentinogenesis: a Model for Biomineralization
The Zebrafish as a Model for Studying Skeletal Development
NEW METHODS
Modern Physical and Biological Methods for Biomineralization Studies

"This book is an excellent source of references to very specific fields in the general area of biomineralization. It does not try to be comprehensive or to develop a consistent picture. It is certainly helpful to the specialist and should be part of the personal library of everybody who is actively engaged in research on biomineralization."
CHEMBIOCHEM - A European Journal of Chemical Biology

"Given the relevance of biomineralization to a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, biochemistry, geology and inorganic chemistry, and potential applications in fields such as medicine and materials science, this biook will be undoubted value to many."
Advanced Materials

"... is a technical monograph aiming at a specialist audience."
Engineering in Life Sciences

"...a comprehensive study of this phenomenon...[that] takes the reader through the topic in a well-organized and well-paced fashion..."
Electric Review

"This is a serious and comprehensive book for professionals in the field of biomineralization. Much of the credit is due to the broad view that the editor takes of the subject, as exemplified by his including a chapter by Epple on modern methods of investigation in biomineralization, and his own opening chapter on peptides, prebiotic selection, and prebiotic vesicles."
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Edmund Bäuerlein was born in 1932 in Höchst (Germany). He studied chemistry in Saarbrücken, Munich, and Frankfurt (Germany) and he completed his PhD with Prof. Th. Wieland on biologically relevant hydroquinones. He then moved to the Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg (Germany), as a research group leader. He completed his Habilitation at the Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Heidelberg in 1974, where he was appointed Professor in 1980. In 1984 he moved to the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie in Munich, Abteilung
Membranbiochemie, where he was research group leader until the end of his active service in 1997.

E. Bäuerlein, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany