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A laboratory X-ray microbeam for combined X-ray diffraction and fluorescence measurements

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

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

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

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A Layered Structure in the Organic Envelopes of the Prismatic Layer of the Shell of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

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

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Structure and composition of the nacre–prisms transition in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

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

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Structural, Mineralogical, and Biochemical Diversity in the Lower Part of the Pearl Layer of Cultivated Seawater Pearls from Polynesia

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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

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