The apatites as they occur in biological tissues, mineral formations, a~ d laboratory products
have three unusual and chemically important propertiies. First, they can incorporate large …

The contents of two classes of calcium binding proteins of bone matrix, osteocalcin and
phosphoprotein, were measured as a function of age of the animal and of the mineral …

The rate of formation of microcrystalline hydroxyapatite from amorphous calcium phosphate
has been studied at constant temperature as a function of the pH of the mediating solution; …

Noncollagenous phosphoproteins that interact with type I collagen are thought to nucleate
the mineral phase to collagen network of mineralized tissues. Previously, we found that …

The name'apatite'describes a family of compounds having similar structure (hexagonal
system, space group, P63/m) in spite of a wide range of composition. 1" 3 The similarity of …

Crystallization kinetics of hydroxyapatite, HAP, in the presence of acidic amino acids
(aspartic and glutamic acid) were investigated at conditions of sustained supersaturation. In …

The nature of the calcium phosphate precipitate formed when equal volumes of 20mM CaCl
2 and 15mM or 12mM KPO 4 with pH 7.4 are rapidly mixed at 15, 30 and 42° C has been …

The hardness and physical strength of bone, differentiating it from other connective tissues,
stem from the extracellular deposition of calcium phosphate within a soft, fibrous, organic …

This study evaluated a rapid biomineralization phenomenon exhibited by an osteoblastic
cell line, UMR 106-01 BSP, when treated with either organic phosphates [β …

Bone, a mineralized connective tissue, not only acts as a supportive framework for the body
but en-ters into metabolic interrelationship with it. About 35% of the dry weight of mature …