dedicated to the full protein assemblages that shape the prismatic and nacreous
layers of Pinna nobilis. This may be performed by combining transcriptomics on
mantle tissues that secrete the prismatic and the nacreous layers and proteomics on
the shell matrices of the separated layers. In addition, important efforts should also
focus on the glycomics aspect of P. nobilis shell synthesis and on the supramolecular chemistry that allows the emergence of these beautiful microstructures.
Acknowledgments This chapter is a contribution to the ANR project ACCRO-Earth, ref.
BLAN06-2_159971, coordinator Gilles Ramstein, LSCE, Gif/Yvette, for the period 2007–2010.
A complementary support was provided by the INTERRVIE program from INSU for the year
2010. Fre ´de ´ric Marin thanks Professor Jean-Pierre Gauthier for providing the SEM picture of
newly formed nacre tablets (Fig. 13.3f) and for scrupulous rereading. Alain Godon (UMR CNRS
5561) is also acknowleged for redesigning Fig. 13.7 from the paper of Checa et al. (2005).
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Addadi L, Moradian J, Shay E, Maroudas NG, Weiner S (1987) A chemical model for the
cooperation of sulfates and carboxylates in calcite crystal nucleation: relevance to biomineralization. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84:2732–2736
Addadi L, Joester D, Nudelman F, Weiner S (2006) Mollusk shell formation: a source of new
concepts for understanding biomineralization processes. Chem Eur J 12:980–987
Afdhal NH, Ostrow JD, Koehler R, Niu N, Groen AK, Veis A, Nunes DP, Offner GD (1995)
Interaction of bovine gallbladder mucin and calcium-binding protein: effect on calcium
phosphate precipitation. Gastroenterology 109:1661–1672
Akiyama M (1966) Conchiolin-constituent amino acids and shell structures of bivalved shells.
Proc Jpn Acad 2:800–805
Bafna S, Singh AP, Moniaux N, Eudy JD, Meza JL, Batra SK (2008) MUC4, a multifunctional
transmembrane glycoprotein, induces oncogenic transformation of NIH3T3 mouse fibroblast
cells. Cancer Res 68:9231–9238
Biedermann W (1901) Untersuchungen € uber Bau und Entstehung der Molluskenschalen. Jena Z
Naturwiss 36:1–164
Boggild OB (1930) The shell structure of the mollusks. D Kgl Danske Vidensk Selsk Skrifter,
Naturvidensk Og Mathem Afd, 9. Raekke, II.2:231–326
Bowerbank JS (1844) On the structure of the shell of molluscous and conchiferous animals. Trans
Microsc Soc Lond 1:123–154
Bricteux-Gre ´goire S, Florkin M, Gre ´goire C (1968) Prism conchiolin of modern or fossil molluscan shells. An example of protein paleization. Comp Biochem Physiol 24:567–572
Brisou J (1985) Les coquillages dans l’histoire des hommes. Ed. Ouest France, p 140
Cabanellas-Reboredo M, Deudero S, Alos J, Valencia JM, March D, Hendriks IE, Alvarez E
(2009) Recruitment of Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) on artificial structures. Mar Biodiv
Rec 2:1–5
Carpenter WB (1844) Report on the microscopic structure of shells. Rep Brit Assoc Adv Sci 14th
meeting, pp 1–24
Carter JG (1990) Skeletal Biomineralization: Patterns, Processes and Evolutionary Trends, vol I
and II “Atlas and index”. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Carter JG, Clark GR II (1985) Classification and phylogenetic significance of molluscan shell
microstructure. In: Broadhead TW (ed) Mollusks – Notes for a short course, University of
Tennessee, Dept of Geological Sciences, Studies in Geology 13, pp 50–71
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layers of Pinna nobilis. This may be performed by combining transcriptomics on
mantle tissues that secrete the prismatic and the nacreous layers and proteomics on
the shell matrices of the separated layers. In addition, important efforts should also
focus on the glycomics aspect of P. nobilis shell synthesis and on the supramolecular chemistry that allows the emergence of these beautiful microstructures.
Acknowledgments This chapter is a contribution to the ANR project ACCRO-Earth, ref.
BLAN06-2_159971, coordinator Gilles Ramstein, LSCE, Gif/Yvette, for the period 2007–2010.
A complementary support was provided by the INTERRVIE program from INSU for the year
2010. Fre ´de ´ric Marin thanks Professor Jean-Pierre Gauthier for providing the SEM picture of
newly formed nacre tablets (Fig. 13.3f) and for scrupulous rereading. Alain Godon (UMR CNRS
5561) is also acknowleged for redesigning Fig. 13.7 from the paper of Checa et al. (2005).
References
Addadi L, Moradian J, Shay E, Maroudas NG, Weiner S (1987) A chemical model for the
cooperation of sulfates and carboxylates in calcite crystal nucleation: relevance to biomineralization. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84:2732–2736
Addadi L, Joester D, Nudelman F, Weiner S (2006) Mollusk shell formation: a source of new
concepts for understanding biomineralization processes. Chem Eur J 12:980–987
Afdhal NH, Ostrow JD, Koehler R, Niu N, Groen AK, Veis A, Nunes DP, Offner GD (1995)
Interaction of bovine gallbladder mucin and calcium-binding protein: effect on calcium
phosphate precipitation. Gastroenterology 109:1661–1672
Akiyama M (1966) Conchiolin-constituent amino acids and shell structures of bivalved shells.
Proc Jpn Acad 2:800–805
Bafna S, Singh AP, Moniaux N, Eudy JD, Meza JL, Batra SK (2008) MUC4, a multifunctional
transmembrane glycoprotein, induces oncogenic transformation of NIH3T3 mouse fibroblast
cells. Cancer Res 68:9231–9238
Biedermann W (1901) Untersuchungen € uber Bau und Entstehung der Molluskenschalen. Jena Z
Naturwiss 36:1–164
Boggild OB (1930) The shell structure of the mollusks. D Kgl Danske Vidensk Selsk Skrifter,
Naturvidensk Og Mathem Afd, 9. Raekke, II.2:231–326
Bowerbank JS (1844) On the structure of the shell of molluscous and conchiferous animals. Trans
Microsc Soc Lond 1:123–154
Bricteux-Gre ´goire S, Florkin M, Gre ´goire C (1968) Prism conchiolin of modern or fossil molluscan shells. An example of protein paleization. Comp Biochem Physiol 24:567–572
Brisou J (1985) Les coquillages dans l’histoire des hommes. Ed. Ouest France, p 140
Cabanellas-Reboredo M, Deudero S, Alos J, Valencia JM, March D, Hendriks IE, Alvarez E
(2009) Recruitment of Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) on artificial structures. Mar Biodiv
Rec 2:1–5
Carpenter WB (1844) Report on the microscopic structure of shells. Rep Brit Assoc Adv Sci 14th
meeting, pp 1–24
Carter JG (1990) Skeletal Biomineralization: Patterns, Processes and Evolutionary Trends, vol I
and II “Atlas and index”. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Carter JG, Clark GR II (1985) Classification and phylogenetic significance of molluscan shell
microstructure. In: Broadhead TW (ed) Mollusks – Notes for a short course, University of
Tennessee, Dept of Geological Sciences, Studies in Geology 13, pp 50–71
13 Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis
389