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Genes encoding putative bicarbonate transporters as a missing molecular link between molt and mineralization in crustaceans.
Scientific reports - 3 Jun 2021
Abehsera Shai, Bentov Shmuel, Li Xuguang, Weil Simy, Manor Rivka, Sagi Shahar, Li Shihao, Li Fuhua, Khalaila Isam, Aflalo Eliahu D, Sagi Amir
Abstract excerpt
During their life, crustaceans undergo several molts, which if theoretically compared to the human body would be equivalent to replacing all bones at a single event. Such a dramatic repetitive event is coupled to unique molecular mechanisms of mineralization so far mostly unknown. Unlike human bone mineralized with calcium phosphate, the crustacean exoskeleton is mineralized mainly by calcium carbonate....
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