Molecular Biomineralization

1. Magnetite Biomineralization in Bacteria
Jens Baumgartner, Damien Faivre

2. Maxi- and Mini-Ferritins: Minerals and Protein Nanocages
Loes E. Bevers, Elizabeth C. Theil

3. Manganese Oxidation by Bacteria: Biogeochemical Aspects
P. P. Sujith, P. A. Loka Bharathi

4. Molecular Biomineralization: Toward an Understanding of the Biogenic Origin of Polymetallic Nodules, Seamount Crusts, and Hydrothermal Vents
Xiaohong Wang, Matthias Wiens, Heinz C. Schröder, Ute Schloßmacher, Werner E. G. Müller

5. Molecular Basis of Bacterial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
Brunella Perito, Giorgio Mastromei

6. Principles of Calcium-Based Biomineralization
Qingling Feng

7. Molecular Aspects of Biomineralization of the Echinoderm Endoskeleton
P. U. P. A. Gilbert, Fred H. Wilt

8. Echinoderms as Blueprints for Biocalcification: Regulation of Skeletogenic Genes and Matrices
Valeria Matranga, Rosa Bonaventura, Caterina Costa, Konstantinos Karakostis, Annalisa Pinsino, Roberta Russo, Francesca Zito

9. The Unique Invention of the Siliceous Sponges: Their Enzymatically Made Bio-Silica Skeleton
Werner E. G. Müller, Xiaohong Wang, Ailin Chen, Shixue Hu, Lu Gan, Heinz C. Schröder, Ute Schloßmacher, Matthias Wiens

10. Biosilica-Based Strategies for Treatment of Osteoporosis and Other Bone Diseases
Heinz C. Schröder, Matthias Wiens, Xiaohong Wang, Ute Schloßmacher, Werner E. G. Müller

11. Structure and Function of Matrix Proteins and Peptides in the Biomineral Formation in Crustaceans
Hiromichi Nagasawa

12. Molecular Approaches to Understand Biomineralization of Shell Nacreous Layer
Li-ping Xie, Fang-jie Zhu, Yu-juan Zhou, Chao Yang, Rong-qing Zhang

13. Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis

Frédéric Marin, Prabakaran Narayanappa, Sébastien Motreuil

Keywords: Life Sciences, Animal Biochemistry, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine