Structural relations between collagen and mineral in bone as determined by high voltage electron microscopic tomography

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-202

  Landis, William J ^a   Hodgens, Karen J ^a   Arena, James ^b   Song, Min Ja ^b   McEwen, Bruce F ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D image reconstruction; Calcification; Chick bone; High voltage electron microscopy; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COLLAGEN; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MINERALS; PLATELETS; TENDONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; CALCIFICATION; CHICK BONE; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; EMBRYONICS; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH-VOLTAGES; MINERAL CRYSTALS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; VOLTAGE ELECTRONS;

BONE;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0010570561     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960201)33:2<192::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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