Description:Content: Phosphoproteins as mediators of biomineralization / A. Veis, B. Sabsay and C.B. Wu -- Macromolecule-crystal recognition in biomineralization: studies using synthetic polycarboxylate analogs / L. Addadi, J. Moradian-Oldak and S. Weiner -- Crystal engineering of inorganic materials at organized organic surfaces / S. Mann ... [et al.] -- Role of membranes in de novo calcification / B.D. Boyan, Z. Schwartz and L.D. Swain -- Inhibition of calcium carbonate and phosphate crystallization by peptides enriched in aspartic acid and phosphoserine / C.S. Sikes, M.L. Yeung and A.P. Wheeler -- CaCO₃ crystal-binding properties of peptides and their influence on crystal growth / A.P. Wheeler, K.C. Low and C.S. Sikes -- Structural relationship of amelogenin proteins to their regulatory function of enamel mineralization / T. Aoba and E.C. Moreno -- Purification and characterization of a shell matrix phosphoprotein from the American oyster / K.W. Rusenko, J.E. Donachy and A.P. Wheeler -- Invertebrate calcium concretions : novel biomineralization systems / H. Silverman, J.M. Myers and T.H. Dietz -- Mineral regulating proteins from fossil planktonic foraminifera / L.L. Robbins and J.E. Donachy -- Phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated carboxylic acids : influence of group substitutions and comparison of compounds to phosphocitrate with respect to inhibition of calcium salt crystallization / J.D. Sallis, M.R. Brown and N.M. Parker -- Synthesis of O-phosphoserine-containing peptides by solution- and solid-phase methods / J.W. Perich -- Factors contributing to dental calculus formation and prevention / D.J. White and E.R. Cox -- Commercial production of bovine somatotropin in Escherichia coli / J.F. Kane, S.M. Balaban and G. Bogosian -- Synthesis, biological activity, and conformation of cyclic growth hormone releasing factor analogs / A.M. Felix ... [et al.] -- Tumor-secreted protein associated with human hypercalcemia of malignancy : biology and molecular biology / M.P. Caulfield ... [et al.] -- Lytic peptides from the skin secretions of Xenopus laevis : a personal perspective / B.W. Gibson -- Peptide antibiotics from the animal kingdom : cecropins and synthetic analogs / D. Wade, R.B. Merrifield and H.G. Boman -- Inhibition of ice crystal growth by fish antifreezes / J.A. Raymond and A.L. DeVries -- Marine metal chelating proteins / D.C. Hansen and J.H. Waite -- Corrosion inhibition by thermal polyaspartate / B.J. Little and C.S. Sikes -- Mechanistic insights concerning the role of polymers as scale inhibitors and dispersants in cooling water systems / K.P. Fivizzani, J.E. Hoots and R.W. Cloud -- Macromolecular assemblages in controlled biomineralization / C.C. Perry, M.A. Fraser and N.P. Hughes -- Some structural and functional properties of a possible organic matrix from the frustules of the freshwater diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana / D.M. Swift and A.P. Wheeler -- Silica inhibition in cooling water systems / L. Dubin.