Issue 16, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Acidic peptides acting as growth modifiers of calcite crystals†

Dirk Volkmer,*a   Marc Fricke,a   Thomas Huberb  and  Norbert Sewaldb  

* Corresponding authors

a Faculty of Chemistry (AC 1), University of Bielefeld, PO Box 100 131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
E-mail: dirk.volkmer@uni-bielefeld.de
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b Faculty of Chemistry (OC 3), University of Bielefeld, PO Box 100 131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
E-mail: norbert.sewald@uni-bielefeld.de
Fax: +49 (0)521 106-8094
Tel: +49 (0)521 106-2051

Abstract

Small acidic peptides comprising a repeating Phe–Asp sequence motif exert control, in vitro, on the morphology of calcite crystals similar to natural proteins from calcified tissues.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B405613B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2004
Accepted
02 Jun 2004
First published
05 Jul 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 1872-1873

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D. Volkmer, M. Fricke, T. Huber and N. Sewald, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1872 DOI: 10.1039/B405613B

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