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Biomineralization
Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology and Application2nd Completely Revised and Extended Edition
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156,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-VCH (D) |
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| Veröffentl.: | 06.03.2006 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783527604616 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 361 |
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Now over 50 % new contents.<br> Incorporating the surprisingly rapid advances in this field since the publication of the successful first edition, this intensively updated and expanded new edition covers all the background as well as the latest results. Now organized according to the main biominerals, the book reflects the increasingly important biochemical aspects and medicinal applications, with four new chapters on biomineralization in mammals, including humans. The whole is rounded off with an entire chapter dedicated to modern methods, especially physical ones that have advanced the field over the last five years.<br> The international team of renowned authors, under the direction of a leading expert in the field, provide first-hand research results from their own relevant fields. The result is an interdisciplinary must-have account, designed for a broad community of researchers.
Preface. <p>List of Contributors.</p> <p>Abbreviations.</p> <p>1. Peptides, Pre-biotic Selection and Pre-biotic Vesicles (E. Bäuerlein).</p> <p>Magnetite (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) and Greigite (Fe<sub>3</sub>S<sub>4</sub>).</p> <p>2. Magnetic Iron Oxide and Iron Sulfide Minerals within Microorganisms: Potential Biomarkers (D. Bazylinski & R. Frankel).</p> <p>3. Phylogeny and <i>In Situ</i> Identification of Magnetotactic Bacteria (R. Amann, <i>et al</i>.).</p> <p>4. Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of the Magnetosome Membrane in <i>Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense</i> (D. Schüler).</p> <p>5. Enzymes for Magnetite Synthesis in <i>Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum</i> (Y. Fukumori).</p> <p>6. Molecular and Biotechnological Aspects of Bacterial Magnetite (T. Matsunaga, <i>et al</i>.).</p> <p>7. Biogenic Magnetite as a Basis for Geomagnetic Field Perception in Animals (M. Winklhofer).</p> <p>8. Iron-oxo Clusters and the Onset of Biomineralization on Protein Surfaces—Lessons from an Archaeal Ferritin (L. Essen, <i>et al</i>.).</p> <p>Silica-hydrated SiO<sub>2</sub>.</p> <p>9. The Molecular Basis of Diatoms Biosilica Formation (N. Kröger & M. Sumper).</p> <p>10. Silicic Acid Transport and its Control During Cell Wall Silification in Diatoms (M. Hilderbrand).</p> <p>11. The Nanostructure and Development of Diatom Biosilica (R. Wetherbee, <i>et al</i>.).</p> <p>Calciumcarbonates.</p> <p>12. Biomineralization in Coccolithophores (M. Marsh).</p> <p>13. The Proton Pump of the Calcifying Vesicle of the Coccolithophore, <i>Pleurochrysis</i> (E. González).</p> <p>14. The Zebrafish as a Genetic Model to Study Otolith Formation (C. Söllner & T. Nicolson).</p> <p>Calciumphosphates.</p> <p>15. Lot's Wife's Problem Revised: How We Prevent Pathological Calcification (W. Jahnen-Dechent).</p> <p>16. Aspects of Dentinogenesis: A Model for Biomineralization (K. Reichenmiller & C. Klein).</p> <p>17. The Zebrafish as a Model for Studying Skeletal Development (S. Jun Du & Y. Haga).</p> <p>New Methods.</p> <p>18. Modern Methods for Investigation in Biomineralization (M. Epple).</p> <p>Index.</p>
"…a comprehensive study of this phenomenon…[that] takes the reader through the topic in a well-organized and well-paced fashion…" (<i>Electric Review</i>, April/May 2005)
<b>Edmund Büuerlein</b> was born in 1932 in Höchst (Germany). He studied chemistry in Saarbrücken, Munich, and Frankfurt (Germany) and he completed his PhD with Prof. Th. Wieland on biologically relevant hydroquinones. He then moved to the Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg (Germany), as a research group leader. He completed his Habilitation at the Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Heidelberg in 1974, where he was appointed Professor in 1980. In 1984 he moved to the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie in Munich, Abteilung Membranbiochemie, where he was research group leader until the end of his active service in 1997.
<b>Now over 50 % new contents.</b> <p>Incorporating the surprisingly rapid advances in this field since the publication of the successful first edition, this intensively updated and expanded new edition covers all the background as well as the latest results. Now organized according to the main biominerals, the book reflects the increasingly important biochemical aspects and medicinal applications, with four new chapters on biomineralization in mammals, including humans. The whole is rounded off with an entire chapter dedicated to modern methods, especially physical ones that have advanced the field over the last five years.</p> <p>The international team of renowned authors, under the direction of a leading expert in the field, provide first-hand research results from their own relevant fields. The result is an interdisciplinary must-have account, designed for a broad community of researchers.</p> <p><b>From reviews of the first edition:<br /> </b>"...The multidisciplinary nature of the book makes it of interest to a wide variety of readers. For the novice just entering the biomineralization field, or related areas of research (nanotechnology, material science, geology) there are excellent descriptions of the unique techniques used for studying the details of biomineralization in the organisms... For the active investigator there are some excellent recommendations for future research. The book, therefore, is of equal interest to geologists, crystallographers, bacteriologists, material scientists, geneticists, and structural biologists..."<br /> —Adele L. Boskey, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York</p>
"This book is an excellent source of references to very specific fields in the general area of biomineralization."<br /> —Gerhard Wegner, Max-Planck-Institut for Polymer Research, Mainz, ChemBioChem, 4/2005<br /> <br /> "Given the relevance of biomineralization to a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, biochemistry, geology and inorganic chemistry, and potential applications in fields such as medicine and materials science, this biook will be undoubted value to many."<br /> —Fiona Meldrum, School of Chemistry, Univ.of Bristol, <i>Advanced Materials</i>, Vol. 17, No. 8, April 18, 2005<br /> <br /> "... is a technical monograph aiming at a specialist audience."<br /> —Thomas Lazar, <i>Engineering in Life Sciences</i>, 3/2005
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