@article {5615,
	title = {Revisiting the Organic Template Model through the Microstructural Study of Shell Development in Pinctada margaritifera, the Polynesian Pearl Oyster},
	journal = {Minerals},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2018},
	month = {09/2018},
	pages = {370},
	abstract = {A top-down approach to the mineralized structures and developmental steps that can be separated in the shells of Pinctada margaritifera was carried out. Detailed characterizations show that each of the two major layers usually taken into account (the outer prismatic layer and the inner nacreous layer) is actually the result of a complex process during which the microstructural patterns were progressively established. From its early growing stages in the deeper part of the periostracal grove up to the formation of the most inner nacreous layers, this species provides a demonstrative case study illustrating the leading role of specifically secreted organic structures as determinants of the crystallographic properties of the shell-building units. Gathering data established at various observational scales ranging from morphology to the nanometer level, this study allows for a reexamination of the recent and current biomineralization models.},
	keywords = {biocrystallization model, biomineralization, Mollusca, shell development},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/min8090370},
	author = {Jean-Pierre Cuif and Yannicke Dauphin and Gilles Luquet and Kadda Medjoubi and Andrea Somogyi and Alberto Perez-Huerta}
}
@article {4270,
	title = {Shell matrix proteins of the clam, Mya truncata: Roles beyond shell formation through proteomic study},
	journal = {Marine Genomics},
	volume = {27},
	year = {2016},
	month = {06/2016},
	pages = {69-74},
	abstract = {<p>Abstract Mya truncata, a soft shell clam, is presented as a new model to study biomineralization through a proteomics approach. In this study, the shell and mantle tissue were analysed in order to retrieve knowledge about the secretion of shell matrix proteins (SMPs). Out of 67 and 127 shell and mantle proteins respectively, 16 were found in both shell and mantle. Bioinformatic analysis of \{SMP\} sequences for domain prediction revealed the presence of several new domains such as fucolectin tachylectin-4 pentraxin-1 (FTP), scavenger receptor, alpha-2-macroglobulin ({\OE}{\textpm}2 M), lipocalin and myosin tail along with previously reported \{SMP\} domains such as chitinase, carbonic anhydrase, tyrosinase, sushi, and chitin binding. Interestingly, these newly predicted domains are attributed with molecular functions other than biomineralization. These findings suggest that shells may not only act as protective armour from predatory action, but could also actively be related to other functions such as immunity. In this context, the roles of \{SMPs\} in biomineralization need to be looked in a new perspective.</p>
},
	keywords = {biomineralization},
	issn = {1874-7787},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2016.03.005},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874778716300186},
	author = {Arivalagan, Jaison and Marie, Benjamin and Victoria A. Sleight and Melody S. Clark and Berland, Sophie and Marie, Arul}
}
