December 5, 1975
Ver artículo completoSoluble Protein of the Organic Matrix of Mollusk Shells: A Potential Template for Shell Formation
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A significant proportion of the soluble protein of the organic matrix of mollusk shells is composed of a repeating sequence of aspartic acid separated by either glycine or serine. This regularly spaced, negatively charged aspartic acid may function as a template upon which mineralization occurs.
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Weiner et al. (Fri,) studied this question.