Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
On the Transition Temperature to Calcite and Cell Lengths for Various Biogenic Aragonites (Taiga Okumura, Masahiro Yoshimura, Toshihiro Kogure)....Pages 3-10
TEM Study of the Radular Teeth of the Chiton Acanthopleura japonica (Mitsuo Kakei, Masayoshi Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Mishima)....Pages 11-19
Experimental Cremation of Bone: Crystallite Size and Lattice Parameter Evolution (Martina Greiner, Balazs Kocsis, Mario F. Heinig, Katrin Mayer, Anita Toncala, Gisela Grupe et al.)....Pages 21-29
Effect of Carbonic Anhydrase Immobilized on Eggshell Membranes on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization In Vitro (M. Soledad Fernández, Betzabe Montt, Liliana Ortiz, Andrónico Neira-Carrillo, José Luis Arias)....Pages 31-37
Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake (Tomohisa Ogawa, Asa Sekikawa, Hajime Sato, Koji Muramoto, Hiroki Shibata, Shosaku Hattori)....Pages 39-54
Characterization of Goldfish Scales by Vibrational Spectroscopic Analyses (Masayuki Nara, Yusuke Maruyama, Atsuhiko Hattori)....Pages 55-61
Relationship Between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting (Natsuko Ishikawa, Chihiro Nishii, Koh-en Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Mishima, Yoshiki Matsumoto)....Pages 63-71
Spectroscopic Investigation of Shell Pigments from the Family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) (Toshiyuki Komura, Hiroyuki Kagi, Makiko Ishikawa, Mana Yasui, Takenori Sasaki)....Pages 73-82
3D Visualization of Calcified and Non-calcified Molluscan Tissues Using Computed Tomography (Takenori Sasaki, Yu Maekawa, Yusuke Takeda, Maki Atsushiba, Chong Chen, Koji Noshita et al.)....Pages 83-93
Front Matter ....Pages 95-95
Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: A Perspective (Gal Mor Khalifa, Keren Kahil, Lia Addadi, Steve Weiner)....Pages 97-103
Identification of Barnacle Shell Proteins by Transcriptome and Proteomic Approaches (Yue Him Wong, Noriaki Ozaki, Wei-Pang Zhang, Jin Sun, Erina Yoshimura, Mieko Oguro-Okano et al.)....Pages 105-112
The Optical Characteristics of Cultured Akoya Pearl Are Influenced by Both Donor and Recipient Oysters (Toshiharu Iwai, Masaharu Takahashi, Chiemi Miura, Takeshi Miura)....Pages 113-119
Influence of B Vitamins on Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblastic Bovine Cell Cultures: An In Vitro Study (Kent Urban, Julia Auer, Sebastian Bürklein, Ulrich Plate)....Pages 121-128
Rice Plant Biomineralization: Electron Microscopic Study on Plant Opals and Exploration of Organic Matrices Involved in Biosilica Formation (Noriaki Ozaki, Takuya Ishida, Akiyoshi Osawa, Yumi Sasaki, Hiromi Sato, Michio Suzuki et al.)....Pages 129-135
DMP1 Binds Specifically to Type I Collagen and Regulates Mineral Nucleation and Growth (Anne George, Elizabeth Guirado, Yinghua Chen)....Pages 137-145
Exploration of Genes Associated with Sponge Silicon Biomineralization in the Whole Genome Sequence of the Hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata (Katsuhiko Shimizu, Hiroki Kobayashi, Michika Nishi, Masatoshi Tsukahara, Tomohiro Bito, Jiro Arima)....Pages 147-153
Front Matter ....Pages 155-155
The Origin and Early Evolution of SCPP Genes and Tissue Mineralization in Vertebrates (Kazuhiko Kawasaki)....Pages 157-164
Front Matter ....Pages 165-165
Immunolocalization of Enamel Matrix Protein-Like Proteins in the Tooth Enameloid of Actinopterygian Bony Fish (Ichiro Sasagawa, Shunya Oka, Masato Mikami, Hiroyuki Yokosuka, Mikio Ishiyama)....Pages 167-175
Geographical and Seasonal Variations of the Shell Microstructures in the Bivalve Scapharca broughtonii (Kozue Nishida, Takenori Sasaki)....Pages 177-186
Front Matter ....Pages 187-187
Enhancement of Bone Tissue Repair by Octacalcium Phosphate Crystallizing into Hydroxyapatite In Situ (Osamu Suzuki, Takahisa Anada)....Pages 189-197
The Relationship Between the Structure and Calcification of Dentin and the Role of Melatonin (Hiroyuki Mishima, Saki Tanabe, Atsuhiko Hattori, Nobuo Suzuki, Mitsuo Kakei, Takashi Matsumoto et al.)....Pages 199-209
Fabrication of Hydroxyapatite Nanofibers with High Aspect Ratio via Low-Temperature Wet Precipitation Methods Under Acidic Conditions (Masahiro Okada, Emilio Satoshi Hara, Takuya Matsumoto)....Pages 211-218
Physico-chemical Characterisation of the Processes Involved in Enamel Remineralisation by CPP-ACP (Keith J. Cross, N. Laila Huq, Boon Loh, Li-Ming Bhutta, Bill Madytianos, Sarah Peterson et al.)....Pages 219-228
Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces (Noorjahan Laila Huq, Keith John Cross, Helen Myroforidis, David Phillip Stanton, Yu-Yen Chen, Brent Robert Ward et al.)....Pages 229-239
Preparation of Random and Aligned Polycaprolactone Fiber as Template for Classical Calcium Oxalate Through Electrocrystallization (Lazy Farias, Nicole Butto, Andrónico Neira-Carrillo)....Pages 241-248
Front Matter ....Pages 249-249
Dysprosium Biomineralization by Penidiella sp. Strain T9 (Takumi Horiike, Hajime Kiyono, Mitsuo Yamashita)....Pages 251-257
Various Shapes of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized by Glycolipids Extracted from Lactobacillus casei (Yugo Kato, Fumiya Kikuchi, Yuki Imura, Etsuro Yoshimura, Michio Suzuki)....Pages 259-265
Octacalcium Phosphate Overgrowth on β-Tricalcium Phosphate Substrate in Metastable Calcium Phosphate Solution (Mayumi Iijima, Kazuo Onuma)....Pages 267-272
Front Matter ....Pages 273-273
Coral-Based Approaches to Paleoclimate Studies, Future Ocean Environment Assessment, and Disaster Research (Atsushi Suzuki)....Pages 275-282
An Elemental Fractionation Mechanism Common to Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Kotaro Shirai)....Pages 283-289
Biomineralization of Metallic Tellurium by Bacteria Isolated From Marine Sediment Off Niigata Japan (Madison Pascual Munar, Tadaaki Matsuo, Hiromi Kimura, Hirokazu Takahashi, Yoshiko Okamura)....Pages 291-301
Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Plant Communities of the Southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina (Stella Maris Altamirano, Natalia Borrelli, María Laura Benvenuto, Mariana Fernández Honaine, Margarita Osterrieth)....Pages 303-311
Iron and Calcium Biomineralizations in the Pampean Coastal Plains, Argentina: Their Role in the Environmental Reconstruction of the Holocene (Margarita Osterrieth, Celia Frayssinet, Lucrecia Frayssinet)....Pages 313-322
Front Matter ....Pages 323-323
Skeletal Organic Matrices in Molluscs: Origin, Evolution, Diagenesis (Frédéric Marin, Aurélien Chmiel, Takeshi Takeuchi, Irina Bundeleva, Christophe Durlet, Elias Samankassou et al.)....Pages 325-332
Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster (Jun Takahashi, Chieko Yamashita, Kenji Kanasaki, Haruhiko Toyohara)....Pages 333-339
Mollusk Shells: Does the Nacro-prismatic “Model” Exist? (Yannicke Dauphin, Jean-Pierre Cuif)....Pages 341-348
The Marsh’s Membrane: A Key-Role for a Forgotten Structure (Jean-Pierre Cuif, Yannicke Dauphin)....Pages 349-357
Pearl Production by Implantation of Outer Epithelial Cells Isolated from the Mantle of Pinctada fucata and the Effects of Blending of Epithelial Cells with Different Genetic Backgrounds on Pearl Quality (Masahiko Awaji, Takashi Yamamoto, Yasunori Iwahashi, Kiyohito Nagai, Fumihiro Hattori, Kaoru Maeyama et al.)....Pages 359-366
Functional Analyses of MMP Genes in the Ligament of Pinctada fucata (Kazuki Kubota, Yasushi Tsuchihashi, Toshihiro Kogure, Kaoru Maeyama, Fumihiro Hattori, Shigeharu Kinoshita et al.)....Pages 367-373
Chitin Degraded by Chitinolytic Enzymes Induces Crystal Defects of Calcites (Hiroyuki Kintsu, Taiga Okumura, Lumi Negishi, Shinsuke Ifuku, Toshihiro Kogure, Shohei Sakuda et al.)....Pages 375-381
Screening for Genes Participating in the Formation of Prismatic and Nacreous Layers of the Japanese Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata by RNA Interference Knockdown (Daisuke Funabara, Fumito Ohmori, Shigeharu Kinoshita, Kiyohito Nagai, Kaoru Maeyama, Kikuhiko Okamoto et al.)....Pages 383-390
Gene Expression Patterns in the Mantle and Pearl Sac Tissues of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata (Shigeharu Kinoshita, Kaoru Maeyama, Kiyohito Nagai, Shuichi Asakawa, Shugo Watabe)....Pages 391-396
Front Matter ....Pages 397-397
Selected SEM and TEM Images by Late Dr. Hiroshi Nakahara (Mitsuo Kakei)....Pages 399-413
Correction to: TEM Study of the Radular Teeth of the Chiton Acanthopleura japonica (Mitsuo Kakei, Masayoshi Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Mishima)....Pages E1-E1