Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals
Animals precisely control the morphology and assembly of guanine crystals to produce diverse optical phenomena but little is known about how organisms regulate crystallization to produce optically useful morphologies. Here, the authors demonstrate that pre-assembled, fibrillar sheets in developing s...
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| author | Avital Wagner Alexander Upcher Raquel Maria Thorolf Magnesen Einat Zelinger Graça Raposo Benjamin A. Palmer |
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| description | Animals precisely control the morphology and assembly of guanine crystals to produce diverse optical phenomena but little is known about how organisms regulate crystallization to produce optically useful morphologies. Here, the authors demonstrate that pre-assembled, fibrillar sheets in developing scallop eyes template nucleation and direct the growth and orientation of plate-like guanine crystals showing a striking resemblance to melanosome morphogenesis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c921708ab924ebcbca6d94e096574572023-02-05T12:18:24ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-02-011411810.1038/s41467-023-35894-6Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystalsAvital Wagner0Alexander Upcher1Raquel Maria2Thorolf Magnesen3Einat Zelinger4Graça Raposo5Benjamin A. Palmer6Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of BergenThe CSI Center for Scientific Imaging, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of JerusalemInstitut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Structure and Membrane CompartmentsDepartment of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevAnimals precisely control the morphology and assembly of guanine crystals to produce diverse optical phenomena but little is known about how organisms regulate crystallization to produce optically useful morphologies. Here, the authors demonstrate that pre-assembled, fibrillar sheets in developing scallop eyes template nucleation and direct the growth and orientation of plate-like guanine crystals showing a striking resemblance to melanosome morphogenesis.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35894-6 |
| spellingShingle | Avital Wagner Alexander Upcher Raquel Maria Thorolf Magnesen Einat Zelinger Graça Raposo Benjamin A. Palmer Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals Nature Communications |
| title | Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals |
| title_full | Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals |
| title_fullStr | Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals |
| title_short | Macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate-like biogenic guanine crystals |
| title_sort | macromolecular sheets direct the morphology and orientation of plate like biogenic guanine crystals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35894-6 |
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