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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.authorMcDougall, Carmel
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorWörheide, Gert
dc.contributor.authorDegnan, Bernard M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-24T15:58:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-28T07:58:20Z
dc.date.available2010-11-24T15:58:36Z
dc.date.available2013-01-28T07:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationBMC Biology; Vol. 4.2006, No. 40, p. 1-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-33EA-2
dc.description.abstractBackground: Instructions to fabricate mineralized structures with distinct nanoscale architectures, such as seashells and coral and vertebrate skeletons, are encoded in the genomes of a wide variety of animals. In mollusks, the mantle is responsible for the extracellular production of the shell, directing the ordered biomineralization of CaCO3 and the deposition of architectural and color patterns. The evolutionary origins of the ability to synthesize calcified structures across various metazoan taxa remain obscure, with only a small number of protein families identified from molluskan shells. The recent sequencing of a wide range of metazoan genomes coupled with the analysis of gene expression in non-model animals has allowed us to investigate the evolution and process of biomineralization in gastropod mollusks.
dc.description.abstractResults: Here we show that over 25% of the genes expressed in the mantle of the vetigastropod Haliotis asinina encode secreted proteins, indicating that hundreds of proteins are likely to be contributing to shell fabrication and patterning. Almost 85% of the secretome encodes novel proteins; remarkably, only 19% of these have identifiable homologues in the full genome of the patellogastropod Lottia scutum. The spatial expression profiles of mantle genes that belong to the secretome is restricted to discrete mantle zones, with each zone responsible for the fabrication of one of the structural layers of the shell. Patterned expression of a subset of genes along the length of the mantle is indicative of roles in shell ornamentation. For example, Has-sometsuke maps precisely to pigmentation patterns in the shell, providing the first case of a gene product to be involved in molluskan shell pigmentation. We also describe the expression of two novel genes involved in nacre (mother of pearl) deposition.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Biology
dc.rights.urihttp://e-docs.geo-leo.de/rights
dc.subject.ddc560
dc.subject.gokVV 000
dc.titleA rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell
dc.typearticle
dc.subject.gokverbalPaläontologie
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume4
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue40
dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage1
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage10
dc.identifier.doi10.23689/fidgeo-1795
dc.identifier.ppn524836000
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.bibliographicCitation.journalBMC Biology
dc.relation.collectionGeologische Wissenschaften
dc.description.typeresearch


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