Biomineralization
By: editors, Patricia M. Dove, James J. De Yoreo, Steve Weiner.
Contributors: Dove, Patricia Martin.; De Yoreo, Jim.; Weiner, Stephen, 1948-; Mineralogical Society of America.
Series: Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry,; v. 54
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America; Mineralogical Society of Amer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Biomineralization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of the vital effect / Steve Weiner and Patricia M. Dove; title: Principles of molecular biology and biomacromolecular chemistry / John S. Evans; title: Principles of crystal nucleation and growth / James J. De Yoreo and Peter G. Vekilov; title: Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria / Richard B. Frankel and Dennis A. Bazylinski; title: The source of ions for biomineralization in foraminifera and their implications for paleoceanographic proxies / Jonathan Erez; title: Geochemical perspectives on coral mineralization / Anne L. Cohen and Ted A. McConnaughey; title: Biomineralization within vesicles : the calcite of coccoliths / Jeremy R. Young and Karen Henriksen; title: Biologically controlled mineralization in prokaryotes / Dennis A. Bazylinski and Richard B. Frankel; title: Mineralization in organic matrix frameworks / Arthur Veis; title: Silicification : the process by which organisms capture and mineralize silica / Carole C. Perry; title: Biomineralization and evolutionary history / Andrew H. Knoll; title: Biomineralization and global biogeochemical cycles / Phillipe Van Cappellen.