"Tuning in" to mollusk shell nacre- and prismatic-associated protein terminal sequences. Implications for biomineralization and the construction of high performance inorganic-organic composites

Chem Rev. 2008 Nov;108(11):4455-62. doi: 10.1021/cr078251e. Epub 2008 Sep 13.

Author

John Spencer Evans¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Chemical Physics, Center for Biomolecular Materials Spectroscopy, New York University, 345 E. 24th Street, Room 1007, New York, New York 10010, USA. jse1@nyu.edu

PMID: 18793025
DOI: 10.1021/cr078251e

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Minerals / chemistry
Minerals / metabolism*
Molecular Sequence Data
Mollusca / metabolism*
Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
Proteins / chemistry*
Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Minerals
Organic Chemicals
Proteins