… controlling biomineralization. However, the available primary sequence database of
molluscan biomineralization proteins does reveal some interesting trends. Nacrein, a protein …

… of molluscan biomineralization has … molluscan shell biomineralization was to consider that
the control of shell synthesis was performed primarily by two antagonistic mechanisms: crystal …

… Mollusc shells are used as a model for studying ‘ organic-matrix-mediated ’ biomineral …
which crystals are nucleated and grow in a pre-formed structural framework composed of proteins …

… associated to mollusc shell biomineralization. In particular, the proteins occluded within the
… , to promote nucleation and favour crystal growth in privileged crystallographic axes, to stop …

… wall of marine diatoms and the shell of oysters and other mollusks. Because these … proteins
pertain to their role in biomineralization, we also searched UniProt and SwissProt for protein …

… proteins is complicated by our insufficient knowledge of how biominerals form, either in a
crystalline (… a temporal and spatial secretion of mollusk shell proteins during the development of …

… The morphology of the crystals is drastically changed when the protein is present, at 1 or
2 μg/ml. Polycrystalline aggregates are often formed (B), and sometimes, monocrystals (C), …

… , crystal growth experiments in the presence of acidic protein … acidic proteins associated with
calcium carbonate biominerals… huge size of some phyla (mollusks and arthropods) and the …

… basic proteins lacking acidic groups can also direct biomineralization. We propose that the
attachment of N25 to specific sites on CaCO 3 crystals may inhibit some crystal polymorphs or …

… rufescens, indicating that there are similarities in the nucleating proteins among the different
species of molluscs. On the other hand, the lack of sulfates and carboxylates in A. rigida, …