Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation - Suzuki, Michio; Saruwatari, Kazuko; Kogure, Toshihiro; Yamamoto, Yuya; Nishimura, Tatsuya; Kato, Takashi; Nagasawa, Hiromichi (Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2009)
Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Aragonite; Biochemistry. Physiology. Immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Calcification, Physiologic; Calcium carbonate; Calcium Carbonate - chemistry; Calcium Carbonate - metabolism; Calcium carbonates; Chemical compounds; Chitin; Complementary DNA; Crystallization; Crystals; DNA, Complementary; Epithelial Cells - metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glass; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Immunohistochemistry; Invertebrates; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecules; Mollusca; Mollusks; nacre; Nanoparticles; oysters; Pearls; Physiology. Development; Pinctada - chemistry; Pinctada - metabolism; Pinctada fucata; Protein Precursors - genetics; Protein Precursors - metabolism; Protein Processing, Post-Translational; Proteins; Proteins - chemistry; Proteins - genetics; Proteins - metabolism; RNA Interference; shell (molluscs); Crystallization; Biomineralization; Biosynthesis; Protein; Regulation(control); Complementary DNA; Bivalvia; Mineralization; Macromolecule; Calcium carbonate; Mother of pearl; Invertebrata; Mollusca