Mollusk shell structures and their formation mechanism

Phylogeny of whey acidic protein (WAP) four-disulfide core proteins and their role in lower vertebrates and invertebrates

(2012) Valerie J. Smith   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

(2012) T. Takeuchi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Novel Basic Protein, PfN23, Functions as Key Macromolecule during Nacre Formation

(2012) Dong Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Molecular Evolution of the Pif Family Proteins in Various Species of Mollusks

(2012) Michio Suzuki et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of Genes Potentially Related to Biomineralization and Immunity by Transcriptome Analysis of Pearl Sac in Pearl Oyster Pinctada martensii

(2012) Xiaoxia Zhao et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis of biomineralisation-related genes within the pearl sac: Host and donor oyster contribution

(2012) E.L. McGinty et al.   Marine Genomics

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

In-depth proteomic analysis of a mollusc shell: acid-soluble and acid-insoluble matrix of the limpet Lottia gigantea

(2012) Karlheinz Mann et al.   Proteome Science

Microstructures of the larval shell of a pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata, investigated by FIB-TEM technique

(2011) N. Yokoo et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Characterization of MRNP34, a novel methionine-rich nacre protein from the pearl oysters

(2011) Benjamin Marie et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Quantitative expression of shell matrix protein genes and their correlations with shell traits in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata

(2011) Lijuan Zhang et al.   AQUACULTURE

Formation of Framework Nacre Polypeptide Supramolecular Assemblies That Nucleate Polymorphs

(2011) Fairland F. Amos et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Pmarg-Pearlin is a Matrix Protein Involved in Nacre Framework Formation in the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera

(2011) C. Montagnani et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Identification and Characterisation of a Calcium Carbonate-Binding Protein, Blue Mussel Shell Protein (BMSP), from the Nacreous Layer

(2011) Michio Suzuki et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Coupling Proteomics and Transcriptomics for the Identification of Novel and Variant Forms of Mollusk Shell Proteins: A Study with P. margaritifera

(2011) Sophie Berland et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

The shell matrix of the pulmonate land snail Helix aspersa maxima

(2011) Céline Pavat et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Microstructural Variation of Biogenic Calcite with Intracrystalline Organic Macromolecules

(2011) Taiga Okumura et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

A novel silk-like shell matrix gene is expressed in the mantle edge of the Pacific oyster prior to shell regeneration

(2011) Jun Takahashi et al.   GENE

Localization of intracrystalline organic macromolecules in mollusk shells

(2011) Michio Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Molecular Evolution of Mollusc Shell Proteins: Insights from Proteomic Analysis of the Edible Mussel Mytilus

(2011) Benjamin Marie et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Mineral bridges in nacre

(2011) Antonio G. Checa et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Novel Proteins from the Calcifying Shell Matrix of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2011) Benjamin Marie et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transcriptomic Analysis of the Clam Meretrix meretrix on Different Larval Stages

(2011) Pin Huan et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Proteomic Strategy for Identifying Mollusc Shell Proteins Using Mild Chemical Degradation and Trypsin Digestion of Insoluble Organic Shell Matrix: A Pilot Study on Haliotis tuberculata

(2011) Laurent Bédouet et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Proteomic Identification of Novel Proteins from the Calcifying Shell Matrix of the Manila Clam Venerupis Philippinarum

(2011) Benjamin Marie et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Mining of Pearl Formation Genes in Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata by cDNA Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

(2011) Ning Wang et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Genome Portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute

(2011) I. V. Grigoriev et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Deep Sequencing of ESTs from Nacreous and Prismatic Layer Producing Tissues and a Screen for Novel Shell Formation-Related Genes in the Pearl Oyster

(2011) Shigeharu Kinoshita et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Genes Directly Involved in Shell Formation and Their Functions in Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata

(2011) Dong Fang et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Pinctada margaritifera calcifying mantle and shell: focus on biomineralization

(2010) Caroline Joubert et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Pinctada fucata mantle gene 3 (PFMG3) promotes differentiation in mouse osteoblasts (MC3T3-E1)

(2010) Xiaoyan Wang et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The N- and C-Terminal Regions of the Pearl-Associated EF Hand Protein, PFMG1, Promote the Formation of the Aragonite Polymorph in Vitro

(2010) Fairland F. Amos et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Matrix Interactions in Biomineralization: Aragonite Nucleation by an Intrinsically Disordered Nacre Polypeptide, n16N, Associated with a β-Chitin Substrate

(2010) Ellen C. Keene et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Control of crystal polymorph in microfluidics using molluscan 28 kDa Ca2+-binding protein

(2010) Bozhi Ji et al.   Integrative Biology

Characterization of the multilayered shell of a limpet, Lottia kogamogai (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda), using SEM–EBSD and FIB–TEM techniques

(2010) Michio Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Ultrastructure, chemistry and mineralogy of the growing shell of the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata

(2010) Stéphanie Auzoux-Bordenave et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Asprich Peptides Are Occluded in Calcite and Permanently Disorder Biomineral Crystals

(2010) Rebecca A. Metzler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nacre Protein Fragment Templates Lamellar Aragonite Growth

(2010) Rebecca A. Metzler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Development of Expressed Sequence Tags from the Pearl Oyster, Pinctada martensii Dunker

(2010) Aimin Wang et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characteristics of biogenic calcite in the prismatic layer of a pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata

(2010) Taiga Okumura et al.   MICRON

High resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) data from calcite biominerals in recent gastropod shells

(2010) Alberto Pérez-Huerta et al.   MICRON

The unusual mineral vaterite in shells of the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea from the UK

(2010) Nicole Spann et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Proteomic analysis of the organic matrix of the abalone Haliotis asinina calcified shell

(2010) Benjamin Marie et al.   Proteome Science

Prismin: A New Matrix Protein Family in the Japanese Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) Involved in Prismatic Layer Formation

(2010) Ryousuke Takagi et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The structure-function relationship of MSI7, a matrix protein from pearl oyster Pinctada fucata

(2009) Q. Feng et al.   ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA

AP7, a Partially Disordered Pseudo C-RING Protein, Is Capable of Forming Stabilized Aragonite in Vitro†

(2009) Fairland F. Amos et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence of Mineralization Activity and Supramolecular Assembly by the N-Terminal Sequence of ACCBP, a Biomineralization Protein That Is Homologous to the Acetylcholine Binding Protein Family

(2009) Fairland F. Amos et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Molluscan shell evolution with review of shell calcification hypothesis

(2009) Takeshi Furuhashi et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regeneration of excised mantle tissue by the silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson)

(2009) N. Gustaf F. Mamangkey et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Cloning and Characterization of Prisilkin-39, a Novel Matrix Protein Serving a Dual Role in the Prismatic Layer Formation from the OysterPinctada fucata

(2009) Yawei Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Oxygen and carbon isotope records of cultured freshwater pearl mussel Hyriopsis sp. shell from Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

(2009) Toshihiro Yoshimura et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Microtexture of larval shell of oyster, Crassostrea nippona: A FIB-TEM study

(2009) Miki Kudo et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Identification and Comparison of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate-Binding Protein and Acetylcholine-Binding Protein in the Abalone, Haliotis discus hannai

(2009) Jing Huang et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Studies on molluscan shells: Contributions from microscopic and analytical methods

(2009) Silvia Maria de Paula et al.   MICRON

Parallel Evolution of Nacre Building Gene Sets in Molluscs

(2009) Daniel J. Jackson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Lipids from the nacreous and prismatic layers of two Pteriomorpha Mollusc shells

(2008) B. Farre et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A novel phosphorylated glycoprotein in the shell matrix of the oyster Crassostrea nippona

(2008) Tetsuro Samata et al.   FEBS Journal

In vitroregulation of CaCO3crystal polymorphism by the highly acidic molluscan shell protein Aspein

(2008) Takeshi Takeuchi et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Carbon isotopes in mollusk shell carbonates

(2008) Ted A. McConnaughey et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Nanostructure, composition and mechanisms of bivalve shell growth

(2008) D.E. Jacob et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Forming nacreous layer of the shells of the bivalves Atrina rigida and Pinctada margaritifera: An environmental- and cryo-scanning electron microscopy study

(2008) Fabio Nudelman et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of the N-linked Oligosaccharides in Nacrein from Pinctada fucata

(2008) Daisuke Takakura et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

On self-organized shell formation by bovine carbonic anhydrase II, and soluble protein extracted from regenerated shell

(2008) Seung Woo Lee et al.   MICRON

Crystallization of biogenic Ca-carbonate within organo-mineral micro-domains. Structure of the calcite prisms of the Pelecypod Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca) at the submicron to nanometre ranges

(2008) A. Baronnet et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

Preservation of the shell matrix protein dermatopontin in 1500 year old land snail fossils from the Bonin islands

(2008) Isao Sarashina et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

The key role of the surface membrane in why gastropod nacre grows in towers

(2008) A. G. Checa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stable Prenucleation Calcium Carbonate Clusters

(2008) Denis Gebauer et al.   SCIENCE

Correlation of the orientation of stacked aragonite platelets in nacre and their connection via mineral bridges

(2008) Katharina Gries et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Low molecular weight molecules of oyster nacre induce mineralization of the MC3T3-E1 cells

(2007) Marthe Rousseau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A