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SUBMITTER: Xiang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4236139 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiang Liang L Kong Wei W Su Jing-Tan JT Liang Jian J Zhang Gui-You GY Xie Li-Ping LP Zhang Rong-Qing RQ
PloS one 20141118 11
The growth of molluscan shell crystals is generally thought to be initiated from the extrapallial fluid by matrix proteins, however, the cellular mechanisms of shell formation pathway remain unknown. Here, we first report amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) precipitation by cellular biomineralization in primary mantle cell cultures of Pinctada fucata. Through real-time PCR and western blot analyses, we demonstrate that mantle cells retain the ability to synthesize and secrete ACCBP, Pif80 and nacr ...[more]