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- noun biology The formation of hard
mineral deposits within a living organism; especially the process wherebybone and similar structural material is formed.
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That's the conclusion of a new study on the so-called "biomineralization" of Apoxyomenos appearing in the current issue of ACS 'Crystal Growth & Design, a bi-monthly journal.
innovations-report 2009
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That information on "biomineralization" could form a knowledge base for understanding bone loss in humans and even snaring the Holy Grail of regenerative medicine - discovering how newts, starfish and other animals regrow amputated body parts.
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That information on "biomineralization" could form a knowledge base for understanding bone loss in humans and even snaring the Holy Grail of regenerative medicine - discovering how newts, starfish and other animals regrow amputated body parts.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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Later on, though, active biomineralization emerged: crystal structures deliberately precipitated by cellular activity.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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The mechanism, the authors write, could "well represent a common strategy in biomineralization."
Sea Urchin Hold Secret of Biomineralization Staq Mavlen 2008
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The mechanism, the authors write, could "well represent a common strategy in biomineralization."
Archive 2008-11-01 Staq Mavlen 2008
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Alternatively, one might argue that it is justifiable considered a water pollutant: as discussed in last weeks New Yorker, the increased acidification of the oceans associated with absorbed carbon dioxide converting to carbonic acid is a pollutant having adverse effects on all organisms depending upon calcium carbonate based biomineralization to produce shells, from plankton to coral.
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These bundles then underwent biomineralization, in which titanium dioxide was used to create a wire-like structure with a nanotube core.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
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The actual minimal number of genes required for magnetosome synthesis has yet to be determined, as MTB-specific genes like those of the mamGCDF operon can be deleted without suppressing magnetite biomineralization
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010
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Richter M, Kube M, Bazylinski DA, Lombardot T, Glöckner FO, et al. (2007) Comparative genome analysis of four magnetotactic bacteria reveals a complex set of group-specific genes implicated in magnetosome biomineralization and function.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010
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