Oriented crystallization of octacalcium phosphate into beta-chitin scaffold

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 255-258

  Falini, Giuseppe ^a   Fermani, Simona ^a   Ripamonti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta chitin; Calcification; Octacalcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHITIN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CHITIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECAPODIFORMES; DURAPATITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRECIPITATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035318212     PISSN: 01620134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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