Research papers:
1. Lakshminarayanan,
R., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.:
Investigation of the role of ansocalcin in the
biomineralization in goose eggshell matrix. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 99, 5155-5159, 2002.
2. Lakshminarayanan,
R., Valiyaveettil, S. Rao, V. S. and
Kini, R. M.: Purification, characterization,
and in vitro mineralization studies of a novel
goose eggshell matrix protein, ansocalcin. J. Biol.
Chem. 278, 2928-2936, 2003.
3. Ajikumar, P. K.,
Lakshminarayanan, R., Ong, B. T., Valiyaveettil, S. and Kini, R. M.: Eggshell matrix protein mimics:
Designer peptides to induce the nucleation of calcite
crystal aggregates in solution. Biomacromolecules,
4, 1321-1326, 2003.
4. Lakshminarayanan,
R., Joseph, J. S., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil,
S.: Structure-function relationship of avian eggshell
matrix proteins: a comparative study of two major
eggshell matrix proteins, ansocalcin and OC-17.
Biomacromolecules, 6, 741-751, 2005.
5. Lakshminarayanan,
R., Ooi, E. C. J., Loh, X. J., Kini, R. M. and
Valiyaveettil, S.: Purification and characterization of
a vaterite inducing peptide, pelovaterin, from the
eggshells of Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese
softshell turtle). Biomacromolecules, 6,
1429-1437, 2005.
6. Ajikumar, P. K.,
Vivekanandan, S., Lakshminarayanan, R., Jois, S. D. S., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: Mimicking the
Function of Eggshell Matrix Proteins: Role of Multiplets
of Charged Amino Acid Residues and Self-Assembly of
Peptides in Biomineralization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,
44, 5476-5479, 2005. (Featured in
Nature Materials Aug 18 2005.
http://www.nature.com/materials/news/news/050818/portal/m050818-1.html).
7. Lakshminarayanan,
R., Loh, X. J., Gayathri, S., Sindhu, S., Banerjee, Y., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: Formation of
transient amorphous calcium carbonate precursor in quail
eggshell mineralization - an in vitro study.
Biomacromolecules, 7, 3202-3209, 2006.
8. Gayathri, S.,
Lakshminarayanan, R., Weaver, J. C., Morse, D. E.,
Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: An in vitro study
of magnesium-calcite biomineralization in the skeletal
materials of seastar, Pisaster giganteus.
Chem. Eur. J., 13, 3262-3268, 2007.
9. Lakshminarayanan, R., Vivekanandan, S., Samy, R., Banerjee, Y., Chi-Jin, E., Teo, K. W., Jois, S., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: Structure, self-assembly and dual role of a beta-defensin like peptide from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle eggshell matrix. J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 130, 4660, 2008.
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