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The multiple roles of carbonic anhydrase in calcium carbonate mineralization

Carlos Rodríguez‐Navarro, Özlem Çizer, Krzysztof Kudłacz, Aurelia Ibáñez-Velasco, Cristina Ruiz‐Agudo, Kerstin Elert, Alejandro Burgos-Cara, Encarnación Ruíz-Agudo

CrystEngComm · 2019 · 55 citations · 54 references

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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) accelerates, templates and arrests calcium carbonate mineralization by playing both enzymatic and structural protein roles.

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