| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 337 pages :) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Peptides, pre-biotic selection and pre-biotic vesicles / Edmund Bäuerlein -- Magnetic iron oxide and iron sulfide minerals within microorganisms: potential biomarkers / Dennis a. Bazylinski and Richard B. Frankel -- Phylogeny and in situ identification of magnetotactic bacteria / Rudolf Amann ... [et al.] -- Biochemical and genetic analysis of the magnetosome membrane in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense / Dirk Schüler -- Enzymes for magnetic synthesis in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum / Yoshihiro Fukumori -- Molecular and biotechnological aspects of bacterial magnetite / Tadashi Matsunaga, Toshifumi Sakaguchi and Yoshiko Okamura -- Biogenic magnetite as a basis for geomagnetic field perception in animals / Michael Winklhofer -- Iron-oxo clusters and the onset of biomineralization on protein surfaces -- lessons from an archaeal ferritin / L.-O. Essen ... [et al.] |
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The molecular basis of diatom biosilica formation / Nils Kröger and Manfred Sumper -- Silicic acid transport and its control during cell wall silicification in diatoms / Mark Hildebrand -- The nanostructure and development of diatom biosilica / Richard Wetherbee, Simon Crawford and Paul Mulvaney -- Biomineralization in coccolithophores / Mary E. Marsh -- The proton pump of the calcifying vesicle of the coccolithophore, pleurochrysis / Elma L. González -- The zebrafish as a genetic model to study otolith formation / C. Söllner and T. Nicolson -- Lot's wife's problem revisited: how we prevent pathological calcification / Willi Jahnen-Dechent -- Aspects of dentinogenesis: a model for biomineralization / Katharina Reichenmiller and Christian Klein -- The zebrafish as a model for studying skeletal development / Shao Jun Du and Yutaka Haga -- Modern methods of investigation in biomineralization / Matthias Epple |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Minerals -- analysis.
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Minerals -- metabolism.
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Biomineralization.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baeuerlein, Edmund.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
3527310657 |
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3527604138 |
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9783527310654 |
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9783527604135 |
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