Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation
The relationship between calcite biomineralisation and coccolith ultrastructure is analysed across the diversity of calcifying haptophytes. The emphasis is on integration of evidence from crystallographic and ultrastructural studies but additional relevant information from biochemical and phylogenet...
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ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:163892 2023-05-15T15:02:39+02:00 Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation Young, JR Davis, SA Bown, PR Mann, S 1999-06-30 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/163892/ unknown ACADEMIC PRESS INC J STRUCT BIOL , 126 (3) 195 - 215. (1999) coccoliths haptophytes biomineralisation ultrastructure ALGA EMILIANIA-HUXLEYI POLYSACCHARIDE LOCALIZATION ARCTIC COCCOLITHOPHORIDS ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY MINERAL DEPOSITION PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE HAPTOPHYTA ELEMENTS SYSTEM Article 1999 ftucl 2016-01-21T23:17:31Z The relationship between calcite biomineralisation and coccolith ultrastructure is analysed across the diversity of calcifying haptophytes. The emphasis is on integration of evidence from crystallographic and ultrastructural studies but additional relevant information from biochemical and phylogenetic work is reviewed. We attempt to identify aspects of ultrastructure which are most likely to be the product of self-organising processes. The principal topics reviewed are heterococcolith rim nucleation, including reassessment of the V/R model; crystal growth regulation in heterococcoliths; holococcolith biomineralisation; and the diversity of other biomineralisation modes in haptophytes. It is concluded that the diverse range of calcareous structures produced by haptophytes probably has a common phylogenetic origin and is produced via operation of a limited set of mainly shared genetic and biochemical pathways. (C) 1999Academic Press. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University College London: UCL Discovery Arctic |
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coccoliths haptophytes biomineralisation ultrastructure ALGA EMILIANIA-HUXLEYI POLYSACCHARIDE LOCALIZATION ARCTIC COCCOLITHOPHORIDS ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY MINERAL DEPOSITION PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE HAPTOPHYTA ELEMENTS SYSTEM |
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coccoliths haptophytes biomineralisation ultrastructure ALGA EMILIANIA-HUXLEYI POLYSACCHARIDE LOCALIZATION ARCTIC COCCOLITHOPHORIDS ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY MINERAL DEPOSITION PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE HAPTOPHYTA ELEMENTS SYSTEM Young, JR Davis, SA Bown, PR Mann, S Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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coccoliths haptophytes biomineralisation ultrastructure ALGA EMILIANIA-HUXLEYI POLYSACCHARIDE LOCALIZATION ARCTIC COCCOLITHOPHORIDS ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY MINERAL DEPOSITION PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE HAPTOPHYTA ELEMENTS SYSTEM |
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The relationship between calcite biomineralisation and coccolith ultrastructure is analysed across the diversity of calcifying haptophytes. The emphasis is on integration of evidence from crystallographic and ultrastructural studies but additional relevant information from biochemical and phylogenetic work is reviewed. We attempt to identify aspects of ultrastructure which are most likely to be the product of self-organising processes. The principal topics reviewed are heterococcolith rim nucleation, including reassessment of the V/R model; crystal growth regulation in heterococcoliths; holococcolith biomineralisation; and the diversity of other biomineralisation modes in haptophytes. It is concluded that the diverse range of calcareous structures produced by haptophytes probably has a common phylogenetic origin and is produced via operation of a limited set of mainly shared genetic and biochemical pathways. (C) 1999Academic Press. |
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Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation |
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ACADEMIC PRESS INC |
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J STRUCT BIOL , 126 (3) 195 - 215. (1999) |
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