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Science 11 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5592, pp. 375 - 376
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078093
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Perspectives

BIOMINERALIZATION:
At the Cutting Edge

Steve Weiner and Lia Addadi

The ability of living systems to form many different minerals has attracted the attention of biologists and materials scientists alike for decades. But the field is still good for surprises. In their Perspective, Weiner and Addadi highlight the report by Lichtenegger et al., who show that the teeth of the marine bloodworm Glycera contain a copper mineral. This mineral, which may give the teeth of their worms their extraordinary resistance to abrasion, is the first copper mineral known to form under controlled conditions in an organism.

The authors are in the Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. E-mail: steve.weiner{at}weizmann.ac.il, lia.addadi{at}weizmann.ac.il

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
An Overview of Biomineralization Processes and the Problem of the Vital Effect.
S. Weiner, S. Weiner, and P. M. Dove (2003)
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 54, 1-29
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