Immunological Studies on Macromolecules from Invertebrate Shells — Recent and Fossil —
Immunological Studies on Macromolecules from Invertebrate Shells — Recent and Fossil —
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无脊椎动物壳大分子的免疫学研究——近期和化石——
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10.1007/978-94-009-7944-4_21
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1983
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E. Jong
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作者：
P. Westbroek;J. Tanke;J. D. Vrind;R. Spuy;W. V. D. Pol;E. Jong
The study of macromolecules that are contained in biominerals is relevant for our understanding of the biomineralization process. Moreover, comparative investigations are likely to give valuable systematic information. In our laboratory it was found on two occasions that the antigenic properties of soluble macromolecules from 70 million year old cephalopod shells are still preserved (1,2). Also biochemical analyses carried out elsewhere have revealed that macromolecules from calcified tissues may be preserved over considerable periods of geological time (3–5). Because they are protected from degradation by the mineral phase, these macromolecules are an attractive, albeit hardly explored, source of paleontological and geological information. Both our previous findings and the results of the present study support the view that immunology may become an important tool for the retrieval of the information contained in the macromolecules from biominerals, both fossil and recent. The present investigation concentrates on recent shells of invertebrates and is mainly concerned with the systematic specificity of such immunological reactions.
