8 Echinoderms as Blueprints for Biocalcification:
Regulation of Skeletogenic Genes and Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Valeria Matranga, Rosa Bonaventura, Caterina Costa,
Konstantinos Karakostis, Annalisa Pinsino, Roberta Russo,
and Francesca Zito
Part III Biosilica – and its Application
9 The Unique Invention of the Siliceous Sponges:
Their Enzymatically Made Bio-Silica Skeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Werner E.G. Mu ¨ller, Xiaohong Wang, Ailin Chen,
Shixue Hu, Lu Gan, Heinz C. Schro ¨der, Ute Schloßmacher,
and Matthias Wiens
10 Biosilica-Based Strategies for Treatment of Osteoporosis
and Other Bone Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Heinz C. Schro ¨der, Matthias Wiens, Xiaohong Wang,
Ute Schloßmacher, and Werner E.G. Mu ¨ller
Part IV Nacre
11 Structure and Function of Matrix Proteins and Peptides
in the Biomineral Formation in Crustaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Hiromichi Nagasawa
12 Molecular Approaches to Understand Biomineralization
of Shell Nacreous Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Li-ping Xie, Fang-jie Zhu, Yu-juan Zhou, Chao Yang,
and Rong-qing Zhang
13 Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean
Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Fre ´de ´ric Marin, Prabakaran Narayanappa,
and Se ´bastien Motreuil
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
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Regulation of Skeletogenic Genes and Matrices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Valeria Matranga, Rosa Bonaventura, Caterina Costa,
Konstantinos Karakostis, Annalisa Pinsino, Roberta Russo,
and Francesca Zito
Part III Biosilica – and its Application
9 The Unique Invention of the Siliceous Sponges:
Their Enzymatically Made Bio-Silica Skeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Werner E.G. Mu ¨ller, Xiaohong Wang, Ailin Chen,
Shixue Hu, Lu Gan, Heinz C. Schro ¨der, Ute Schloßmacher,
and Matthias Wiens
10 Biosilica-Based Strategies for Treatment of Osteoporosis
and Other Bone Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Heinz C. Schro ¨der, Matthias Wiens, Xiaohong Wang,
Ute Schloßmacher, and Werner E.G. Mu ¨ller
Part IV Nacre
11 Structure and Function of Matrix Proteins and Peptides
in the Biomineral Formation in Crustaceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Hiromichi Nagasawa
12 Molecular Approaches to Understand Biomineralization
of Shell Nacreous Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Li-ping Xie, Fang-jie Zhu, Yu-juan Zhou, Chao Yang,
and Rong-qing Zhang
13 Acidic Shell Proteins of the Mediterranean
Fan Mussel Pinna nobilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Fre ´de ´ric Marin, Prabakaran Narayanappa,
and Se ´bastien Motreuil
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
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