Biomineralization

Preface.- Part I. Structure and analysis of biominerals.-  1  On the transition temperature to calcite and cell lengths for various biogenic aragonite.- 2  TEM study of the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica.-  3  Experimental cremation of bone - crystallite size and lattice parameter evolution.- 4  Effect of carbonic anhydrase immobilized on eggshell membranes on calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro.- 5  Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake.-  6  Characterization of goldfish scales by vibrational spectroscopic analyses.- 7  Relationship between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting.- 8  Spectroscopic investigation of shell pigments from the family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda).- 9  3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography.- Part II  Molecular and cellular regulation of biomineralization.- 10  Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: a Perspective.- 11  Identification of barnacle shell proteins by transcriptome and proteomic approaches.- 12  The optical characteristics of cultured Akoya pearl are influenced by both donor and recipient oysters.- 13  Influence of B vitamins on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic bovine cell cultures; an in vitro study.- 14     Rice plant biomineralization: Electron microscopic study on plant opals and exploration of organic matrices involved in biosilica formation.- 15  DMP1 binds specifically to type I collagen and regulates mineral nucleation and growth.- 16  Exploration of genes associated with sponge silicon biomineralization in the whole genome sequence of the hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata.-Part III  Genome-based analysis of biomineralization.- 17  The origin and early evolution of SCPP genes and tissue mineralization in vertebrates.- Part IV  Evolution in biomineralization.- 18  Immunolocalization of enamel matrix protein-like proteins in the tooth enameloid of actinopterygian bony fish.- 19  Geographical and seasonal variations of the shell microstructures in the bivalve Scapharca broughtonii.- Part V  Biomineralization in medical and dental sciences.- 20  Enhancement of bone tissue repair by octacalcium phosphate crystallizing into hydroxyapatite in situ.- 21  The relationship between the structure and calcification of dentin and the role of melatonin.- 22  Fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanofibers with high aspect ratio vialow-temperature wet precipitation methods under acidic conditions.- 23  Physico-chemical characterisation of the processes involved in enamel remineralisation by CPP-ACP.- 24     Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces.- 25    Preparation of random and aligned polycaprolactone fiber as template for classical calcium oxalate through electrocrystallization.- Part VI  Bio-inspired materials science and engineering.- 26    Dysprosium biomineralization by acidophilic fungus Penidiella sp. strain T9 and its application for metal recovery.- 27    Various shapes of gold nanoparticles synthesized by glycolipids extracted from Lactobacillus casei.- 28    Octacalcium phosphate overgrowth on b-tricalcium phosphate substrate in metastable calcium phosphate solution.- Part VII  Biominerals for environmental and paleoenvironmental sciences.- 29    Coral-based approaches to paleoclimate studies, future ocean environmentassessment, and disaster research.- 30  An elemental fractionation mechanism common to biogenic calcium carbonate.- 31  Biomineralization of metallic tellurium by bacteria isolated from deep marine sediment in Niigata Bay Japan.- 32  Calcium oxalate crystals in plant communities of the southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina.- 33  Iron and calcium biomineralizations in the Pampean coastal plains, Argentina: their role in the environmental reconstruction of the Holocene.- Part VIII  Mollusk shell formation.- 34  Skeletal organic matrices in molluscs: origin, evolution, diagenesis.- 35  Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster.- 36  Mollusk shells: Does the nacro-prismatic “model” exist?.- 37  The Marsh’s membrane: a key-role for a forgotten structure.- 38  Pearl production by implantation of outer epithelial cells isolated from the mantle of Pinctada fucata and the effects ofblending of epithelial cells with different genetic backgrounds on pearl quality.- 39  Functional analyses of MMP genes in the ligament of Pinctada fucata.- 40  Chitin degraded by chitinolytic enzymes induces crystal defects of calcites.- 41  Screening for genes participating in the formation of prismatic and nacreous layers of the Japanese pearl oyster Pincatada fucata by RNA interference knockdown.- 42  Gene expression patterns in the mantle and pearl sac tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata.- Part IX Appendix.- 43  Selected SEM and TEM images.