On biomineralization / Heinz A. Lowenstam, Stephen Weiner.

By:

Lowenstam, Heinz A. (Heinz Adolf), 1912-1993 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Weiner, Stephen [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 324 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1423736176
9781423736172
1601296606
9781601296603
9780195049770
0195049772
1280440007
9781280440007

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: On biomineralization.DDC classification:

574.19/29 19

LOC classification:

QH512 .L68 1989eb

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Contents:

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 MINERALS AND MACROMOLECULES; CHAPTER 3 BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESSES; CHAPTER 4 PROTOCTISTA; CHAPTER 5 CNIDARIA; CHAPTER 6 MOLLUSCA; CHAPTER 7 ARTHROPODA; CHAPTER 8 ECHINODERMATA; CHAPTER 9 CHORDATA; CHAPTER 10 SOME NONSKELETAL FUNCTIONS IN BIOMINERALIZATION; CHAPTER 11 ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BIOMINERALIZATION; CHAPTER 12 EVOLUTION OF BIOMINERALIZATION; REFERENCES; INDEX.

Summary: This work addresses the question of why minerals form in a large variety of organisms, from bacteria to man. The authors discuss the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, and compare the various mineralization processes.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-308) and index.

This work addresses the question of why minerals form in a large variety of organisms, from bacteria to man. The authors discuss the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, and compare the various mineralization processes.

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