Weiner S, Addadi L
Isotope Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Trends Biochem Sci. 1991 Jul;16(7):252-6. doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(91)90098-g.
The deposition of minerals within many biological tissues is a controlled process. Among the most active agents that control biological mineralization are a group of unusually acidic proteins and glycoproteins. These can interact specifically with some crystal faces but not others, induce oriented nucleation, or intercalate in a regular manner into the crystal lattice itself.