… with protein fibrils or tubular sheaths polymerized either from collagen as in the dermal or
endoskeletal matrix of scleroblasts in calcified … matrix secreted by ameloblastic epithelial cells. …

… Preliminary, direct measurements of the cost of calcification support this third interpretation:
the cost of calcification appears to be less than ~/7 to ~/3o that of protein synthesis (Palmer, …

… , others into chondroclasts, osteoclasts and the calcified cartilage is gradually resorbed and
re… Mutant animals are dwarfs with severe deformities of the endoskeleton similar to human …

… matrix adjacent to sites of vascular calcification. 99 Knockout animals lacking the matrix gla
protein … much more common in the exo-and endo-skeleton, the process is cell mediated. The …

… Secreted/membrane-bound CAs located at the calcification site can contribute to
biomineralization in two ways, as, for example, was considered for a membrane-bound CA in the …

… mollusc Mytilus edulis, which contains a protein matrix resembling that of the silk fibroins and
… with the endoskeleton of echinoderms, which contains a protein matrix of collagen, and in …

… calcifying space. Moreover this data suggest a molecular connection between the calcifying
… is very pronounced when compared with the calcifying matrices of some mollusks. In light of …

… in invertebrates), where calcification and subsequent extracellular secretion occur [9]. The
… an endoskeleton comprised of calcium phosphate, suggesting a parallel evolutionary trend. …

… (ie, those appearing due to various diseases) calcified tissues of mammals. For example, …
Therefore, the processes of both normal and pathological calcifications are just an in vivo …

… calcification for excretion or storage provides a possible common root for diverse calcification
… Abdominal calcification has not been studied much beyond observations of its existence …