Handbook of Biomineralization: Biological Aspects and Structure Formation

this First Comprehensive Overview Of The Modern Aspects Of Biomineralization Represents Life And Materials Science At Its Best: Bioinspired Pathways Are The Hot Topics In Many Disciplines And This Holds Especially True For Biomineralization. here, The Editor Has Assembled An International Team Of Renowned Authors To Provide First-hand Research Results. this First Of Three Volumes Deals With The Biology Of Biominerals Structure Formation, With Sections On Silica-hydrated Polysilicondioxide, Iron Sulfides And Oxides, Calcium Carbonates And Sulfates, As Well As Calcium Phosphates. an Interdisciplinary Must-have Account, For Biochemists, Bioinorganic Chemists, Lecturers In Chemistry And Biochemistry, Materials Scientists, Biologists, And Solid State Physicists. 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 C......Page 464 D......Page 465 G......Page 466 M......Page 467 P......Page 468 S......Page 469 X......Page 470 Z......Page 471