Preface.-Part I. Structure and analysis of biominerals.- 1 On the transition temperature to calcite and cell lengths for various biogenic aragonite.-2 TEM study of the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica.- 3 Experimental cremation of bone - crystallite size and lattice parameter evolution.-4 Effect of carbonic anhydrase immobilized on eggshell membranes on calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro.-5 Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake.- 6 Characterization of goldfish scales by vibrational spectroscopic analyses.-7 Relationship between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting.-8 Spectroscopic investigation of shell pigments from the family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda).-9 3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography.-Part II Molecular and cellular regulation of biomineralization.-10 Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: a Perspective.-11 Identification of barnacle shell proteins by transcriptome and proteomic approaches.-12 The optical characteristics of cultured Akoya pearl are influenced by both donor and recipient oysters.-13 Influence of B vitamins on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic bovine cell cultures; an in vitro study.-14 Rice plant biomineralization: Electron microscopic study on plant opals and exploration of organic matrices involved in biosilica formation.-15 DMP1 binds specifically to type I collagen and regulates mineral nucleation and growth.-16 Exploration of genes associated with sponge silicon biomineralization in the whole genome sequence of the hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata.-Part III Genome-based analysis of biomineralization.-17 The origin and early evolution of SCPP genes and tissue mineralization in vertebrates.-Part IV Evolution in biomineralization.-18 Immunolocalization of enamel matrix protein-like proteins in the tooth enameloid of actinopterygian bony fish.-19 Geographical and seasonal variations of the shell microstructures in the bivalve Scapharca broughtonii.-Part V Biomineralization in medical and dental sciences.-20 Enhancement of bone tissue repair by octacalcium phosphate crystallizing into hydroxyapatite in situ.-21 The relationship between the structure and calcification of dentin and the role of melatonin.-22 Fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanofibers with high aspect ratio via low-temperature wet precipitation methods under acidic conditions.-23 Physico-chemical characterisation of the processes involved in enamel remineralisation by CPP-ACP.-24 Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces.-25 Preparation of random and aligned polycaprolactone fiber as template for classical calcium oxalate through electrocrystallization.-Part VI Bio-inspired materials science and engineering.-26 Dysprosium biomineralization by acidophilic fungus Penidiella sp. strain T9 and its application for metal recovery.-27 Various shapes of gold nanoparticles synthesized by glycolipids extracted from Lactobacillus casei.-28 Octacalcium phosphate overgrowth on -tricalcium phosphate substrate in metastable calcium phosphate solution.-Part VII Biominerals for environmental and paleoenvironmental sciences.-29 Coral-based approaches to paleoclimate studies, future ocean environment assessment, and disaster research.-30 An elemental fractionation mechanism common to biogenic calcium carbonate.-31 Biomineralization of metallic tellurium by bacteria isolated from deep marine sediment in Niigata Bay Japan.-32 Calcium oxalate crystals in plant communities of the southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina.-33 Iron and calcium biomineralizations in the Pampean coastal plains, Argentina: their role in the environmental reconstruction of the Holocene.-Part VIII Mollusk shell formation.-34 Skeletal organic matrices in molluscs: origin, evolution, diagenesis.-35 Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster.-36 Mollusk shells: Does the nacro-prismatic “model” exist?.-37 The Marsh’s membrane: a key-role for a forgotten structure.-38 Pearl production by implantation of outer epithelial cells isolated from the mantle of Pinctada fucata and theeffects of blending of epithelial cells with different genetic backgrounds on pearl quality.-39 Functional analyses of MMP genes in the ligament of Pinctada fucata.-40 Chitin degraded by chitinolytic enzymes induces crystal defects of calcites.-41 Screening for genes participating in the formation of prismatic and nacreous layers of the Japanese pearl oyster Pincatada fucata by RNA interference knockdown.-42 Gene expression patterns in the mantle and pearl sac tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata.-Part IX Appendix.-43 Selected SEM and TEM images.
