Handbook of Biomineralization

Handbook of Biomineralization......Page 1
Foreword: The Enigma of Morphogenesis – A Personal View......Page 8
1 Growth and Form: What is the Aim of Biomineralization?......Page 12
2 Collagen: A Huge Matrix in Glass Sponge Flexible Spicules of the Meter-Long Hyalonema sieboldi......Page 13
4 Formation of Siliceous Spicules in Demosponges: Example Suberites domuncula......Page 14
7 Uptake of Silicon in Different Plant Species......Page 15
9 Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Magnetosome Formation in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense......Page 16
11 The Morphogenesis and Biomineralization of the Sea Urchin Larval Skeleton......Page 17
14 Organic Matrix and Biomineralization of Scleractinian Corals......Page 18
16 Unusually Acidic Proteins in Biomineralization......Page 19
18 Eggshell Growth and Matrix Macromolecules......Page 20
20 Skeletogenesis in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio)......Page 21
22 Mechanical and Structural Properties of Skeletal Bone in Wild-Type and Mutant Zebrafish (Danio rerio)......Page 22
24 Formation and Structure of Calciprotein Particles: The Calcium Phosphate-Ahsg/Fetuin-A Interface......Page 23
Preface......Page 24
List of Contributors......Page 26
1 Growth and Form: What is the Aim of Biomineralization?......Page 32
Part I Silica-Hydrated Polysilicondioxide......Page 52
2 Collagen: A Huge Matrix in Glass Sponge Flexible Spicules of the Meter-Long Hyalonema sieboldi......Page 54
3 Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics of Silica Biomineralization in Diatoms......Page 74
4 Formation of Siliceous Spicules in Demosponges: Example Suberites domuncula......Page 90
5 Interactions between Biomineralization and Function of Diatom Frustules......Page 114
6 The Evolution of the Diatoms......Page 126
7 Uptake of Silicon in Different Plant Species......Page 144
Part II Iron Sulfides and Oxides......Page 156
8 Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria......Page 158
9 Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Magnetosome Formation in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense......Page 176
10 Physical and Chemical Principles of Magnetosensation in Biology......Page 194
Part III Calcium Carbonates and Sulfates......Page 212
11 The Morphogenesis and Biomineralization of the Sea Urchin Larval Skeleton......Page 214
12 Regulation of Coccolith Calcification in Pleurochrysis carterae......Page 242
13 Molecular Approaches to Emiliana huxleyi Coccolith Formation......Page 258
14 Organic Matrix and Biomineralization of Scleractinian Corals......Page 274
15 Statoliths of Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate are used for Gravity Sensing in Rhopaliophoran Medusae (Cnidaria)......Page 292
16 Unusually Acidic Proteins in Biomineralization......Page 304
17 Fish Otolith Calcification in Relation to Endolymph Chemistry......Page 322
18 Eggshell Growth and Matrix Macromolecules......Page 340
Part IV Calcium Phosphates......Page 360
19 Genetic Basis for the Evolution of Vertebrate Mineralized Tissue......Page 362
20 Skeletogenesis in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio)......Page 380
21 The Application of Synchrotron Radiation- Based Micro-Computer Tomography in Biomineralization......Page 400
22 Mechanical and Structural Properties of Skeletal Bone in Wild-Type and Mutant Zebrafish (Danio rerio)......Page 412
23 Nanoscale Mechanisms of Bone Deformation and Fracture......Page 428
24 Formation and Structure of Calciprotein Particles: The Calcium Phosphate–Ahsg/Fetuin-A Interface......Page 446
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