Chapter 1 On the Transition Temperature to Calcite and Cell Lengths for Various Biogenic Aragonites

Chapter 2 TEM Study of the Radular Teeth of the Chiton Acanthopleura japonica

Chapter 3 Experimental Cremation of Bone: Crystallite Size and Lattice Parameter Evolution

Chapter 4 Effect of Carbonic Anhydrase Immobilized on Eggshell Membranes on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization In Vitro

Chapter 5 Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake

Chapter 6 Characterization of Goldfish Scales by Vibrational Spectroscopic Analyses

Chapter 7 Relationship Between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting

Chapter 8 Spectroscopic Investigation of Shell Pigments from the Family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Chapter 10 Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: A Perspective

Chapter 11 Identification of Barnacle Shell Proteins by Transcriptome and Proteomic Approaches

Chapter 12 The Optical Characteristics of Cultured Akoya Pearl Are Influenced by Both Donor and Recipient Oysters

Chapter 13 Influence of B Vitamins on Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblastic Bovine Cell Cultures: An In Vitro Study

Chapter 14 Rice Plant Biomineralization: Electron Microscopic Study on Plant Opals and Exploration of Organic Matrices Involved in Biosilica Formation

Chapter 15 DMP1 Binds Specifically to Type I Collagen and Regulates Mineral Nucleation and Growth

Chapter 16 Exploration of Genes Associated with Sponge Silicon Biomineralization in the Whole Genome Sequence of the Hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata

Chapter 17 The Origin and Early Evolution of SCPP Genes and Tissue Mineralization in Vertebrates

Chapter 18 Immunolocalization of Enamel Matrix Protein-Like Proteins in the Tooth Enameloid of Actinopterygian Bony Fish

Chapter 19 Geographical and Seasonal Variations of the Shell Microstructures in the Bivalve Scapharca broughtonii

Chapter 20 Enhancement of Bone Tissue Repair by Octacalcium Phosphate Crystallizing into Hydroxyapatite In Situ

Chapter 21 The Relationship Between the Structure and Calcification of Dentin and the Role of Melatonin

Chapter 22 Fabrication of Hydroxyapatite Nanofibers with High Aspect Ratio via Low-Temperature Wet Precipitation Methods Under Acidic Conditions

Chapter 23 Physico-chemical Characterisation of the Processes Involved in Enamel Remineralisation by CPP-ACP

Chapter 24 Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces

Chapter 25 Preparation of Random and Aligned Polycaprolactone Fiber as Template for Classical Calcium Oxalate Through Electrocrystallization

Chapter 26 Dysprosium Biomineralization by Penidiella sp. Strain T9

Chapter 27 Various Shapes of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized by Glycolipids Extracted from Lactobacillus casei

Chapter 28 Octacalcium Phosphate Overgrowth on β-Tricalcium Phosphate Substrate in Metastable Calcium Phosphate Solution

Chapter 29 Coral-Based Approaches to Paleoclimate Studies, Future Ocean Environment Assessment, and Disaster Research

Chapter 30 An Elemental Fractionation Mechanism Common to Biogenic Calcium Carbonate

Chapter 31 Biomineralization of Metallic Tellurium by Bacteria Isolated From Marine Sediment Off Niigata Japan

Chapter 32 Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Plant Communities of the Southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina

Chapter 33 Iron and Calcium Biomineralizations in the Pampean Coastal Plains, Argentina: Their Role in the Environmental Reconstruction of the Holocene

Chapter 34 Skeletal Organic Matrices in Molluscs: Origin, Evolution, Diagenesis

Chapter 35 Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster

Chapter 36 Mollusk Shells: Does the Nacro-prismatic “Model” Exist?

Chapter 37 The Marsh’s Membrane: A Key-Role for a Forgotten Structure

Chapter 38 Pearl Production by Implantation of Outer Epithelial Cells Isolated from the Mantle of Pinctada fucata and the Effects of Blending of Epithelial Cells with Different Genetic Backgrounds on Pearl Quality

Chapter 39 Functional Analyses of MMP Genes in the Ligament of Pinctada fucata

Chapter 40 Chitin Degraded by Chitinolytic Enzymes Induces Crystal Defects of Calcites

Chapter 41 Screening for Genes Participating in the Formation of Prismatic and Nacreous Layers of the Japanese Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata by RNA Interference Knockdown

Chapter 42 Gene Expression Patterns in the Mantle and Pearl Sac Tissues of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata

Chapter 43 Selected SEM and TEM Images by Late Dr. Hiroshi Nakahara