Titlebook: Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems; Biomineralization ’9 Shoichi Suga (Professor),Hiroshi Nakahara (Associa C

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The Organic Matrix of Spicules of the Gorgonian ,considerable attention in recent years [1]. As in the vertebrates, the matrices of many invertebrate hard tissues such as foraminiferan tests [2], echinoderm hard parts [3, 4], molluscan shells [3, 5, 6, 7] and gorgonian spicules [8] have been shown to consist of water-soluble and insoluble componen

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Structure and Function of the Organic Matrix in the Nacreous Layer of ,metimes not quite clear. Ca-binding components have been isolated from the water-soluble matrix [1,2]. Because of the capacity of such components for binding of Ca., many authors have postulated reactions whereby these molecules might promote nucleation of CaCO. crystals [3,4]. Although diversity of