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Nature's conveyor belt - the matrix mediated biomineralization of magnetite in chitons (Mollusca) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Chitons are marine molluscs that use a variety of iron and calcium based minerals to harden their teeth, which they use to scrape algae growing upon, and within, rocks.
Brooker, L.R.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Functional Assays Underline the Dual Role of Extrapallial Hemocytes in Immunity and Biomineralization in the Hard Clam Mercenaria mercenaria

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Circulating hemocytes in the hemolymph represent the backbone of innate immunity in bivalves. Hemocytes are also found in the extrapallial fluid (EPF), the space delimited between the shell and the mantle, which is the site of shell biomineralization ...
Caroline Schwaner   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Surface Mechanical Properties and Grindability of Binary Ti Alloys Containing 5 wt % Al, Cr, Sn, and V

open access: yesMetals, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the surface mechanical properties and the grindability of Ti alloys. Binary Ti alloys containing 5 wt % concentrations of Al, Cr, Sn, or V were prepared using a vacuum arc melting furnace, and ...
Hae-Soon Lim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomineralization technology for solidification/stabilization of heavy metals in ecosystem: status and perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Biomineralization technology offers an eco-friendly and efficient method for stabilizing heavy metals (HMs) in ecosystem. This technology comprises two primary methods: microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) and enzyme-induced carbonate ...
Shuang Li, Xiang Wu, Jiamin Xie
doaj   +1 more source

RNA-Seq identifies SPGs as a ventral skeletal patterning cue in sea urchins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The sea urchin larval skeleton offers a simple model for formation of developmental patterns. The calcium carbonate skeleton is secreted by primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs) in response to largely unknown patterning cues expressed by the ectoderm.
Bardot, Evan   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Anti-cancer effect of Atractylodes macrocephala extract by double induction of apoptotic and autophagic cell death in head and neck cancer cells

open access: yesBangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2017
The apoptosis resistance restricts the efficacy of traditional therapies of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). To overcome this problem, Atractylodes macrocephala, a traditional Korean and Chinese herbal medicine, has been used in clinical ...
Ni Kou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Approach in Synthesis of Bio-Inspired Materials

open access: yesCrystals, 2021
In this Special Issue, we focus on biomineralization/pathological biomineralization systems and the synthesis of bioinspired materials [...]
Anamarija Stanković   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Biomineralization through the Co-Option of Organic Scaffold Forming Networks

open access: yesCells, 2022
Biomineralization is the process in which organisms use minerals to generate hard structures like teeth, skeletons and shells. Biomineralization is proposed to have evolved independently in different phyla through the co-option of pre-existing ...
Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon
doaj   +1 more source

Marine bivalve geochemistry and shell ultrastructure from modern low pH environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
. Bivalve shells can provide excellent archives of past environmental change but have not been used to interpret ocean acidification events. We investigated carbon, oxygen and trace element records from different shell layers in the mussels Mytilus ...
Baggini, C   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Temporal tracking of mineralization and transcriptional developments of shell formation during the early life history of pearl oyster Pinctada maxima [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Molluscan larval ontogeny is a highly conserved process comprising three principal developmental stages. A characteristic unique to each of these stages is shell design, termed prodissoconch I, prodissoconch II and dissoconch.
Elizur, Abigail   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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