Antonio G Checa
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Macias-Sanchez E, Meruvia-Rojas Y, Cartwright J, Checa A, Sainz-Diaz C
J Struct Biol
. 2024 Dec;
217(1):108165.
PMID: 39732219
The nacre formation process is a fascinating phenomenon involving mineral phase transformations, self-assembly processes, and protein-mineral interactions, resulting in a hierarchical structure that exhibits outstanding mechanical properties. However, this process...
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Grenier C, Griesshaber E, Schmahl W, Berning B, Checa A
Mar Life Sci Technol
. 2024 Sep;
6(3):405-424.
PMID: 39219676
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-024-00233-1.
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Berent K, Gajewska M, Checa A
ACS Biomater Sci Eng
. 2023 Nov;
9(12):6658-6669.
PMID: 37991876
To construct their shells, molluscs are able to produce a large array of calcified materials including granular, prismatic, lamellar, fibrous, foliated, and plywood-like microstructures. The latter includes an aragonitic (the...
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Griesshaber E, Checa A, Salas C, Hoffmann R, Yin X, Neuser R, et al.
J Struct Biol
. 2023 Jun;
215(3):107988.
PMID: 37364762
Structural biological hard tissues fulfill diverse tasks: protection, defence, locomotion, structural support, reinforcement, buoyancy. The cephalopod mollusk Spirula spirula has a planspiral, endogastrically coiled, chambered, endoskeleton consisting of the main...
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de Frutos M, Rodriguez-Navarro A, Li X, Checa A
ACS Nano
. 2023 Jan;
17(3):2829-2839.
PMID: 36696398
The vast majority of calcium carbonate biocrystals differ from inorganic crystals in that they display a patent nanoroughness consisting of lumps of crystalline material (calcite/aragonite) surrounded by amorphous pellicles. Scanning...
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Salas C, Bueno-Perez J, Lopez-Tellez J, Checa A
Zoology (Jena)
. 2022 Jul;
153:126027.
PMID: 35809463
We analyzed, by optical and transmission electron microscopy, the morphology and function of the mantle edge, including the formation of the periostracum, of ten species of protobranchs. Five species from...
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Checa A, Salas C, Varela-Feria F, Rodriguez-Navarro A, Grenier C, Kamenev G, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2022 Jul;
12(1):11510.
PMID: 35798957
The external surface microornament of the glass scallops Catillopecten natalyae and malyutinae is made by calcitic spiny projections consisting of a stem that later divides into three equally spaced and...
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Munoz-Moya E, Garcia-Herrera C, Lagos N, Abarca-Ortega A, Checa A, Harper E
Sci Rep
. 2022 Jan;
12(1):710.
PMID: 35027596
Mollusks have developed a broad diversity of shelled structures to protect against challenges imposed by biological interactions(e.g., predation) and constraints (e.g., [Formula: see text]-induced ocean acidification and wave-forces). Although the...
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Checa A, Linares F, Grenier C, Griesshaber E, Rodriguez-Navarro A, Schmahl W
iScience
. 2021 Nov;
24(11):103288.
PMID: 34765916
The shell of the cephalopod consists of two layers of fibers that elongate perpendicular to the shell surfaces. Fibers have a high-Mg calcitic core sheathed by thin organic membranes (>100 ...
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Crippa G, Griesshaber E, Checa A, Harper E, Simonet Roda M, Schmahl W
Data Brief
. 2020 Dec;
33:106547.
PMID: 33294532
Here, we provide the dataset associated with the research article "Orientation patterns of aragonitic crossed-lamellar, fibrous prismatic and myostracal microstructures of modern shells" [1]. Based on several tools (SEM, EBSD,...