Aspartic acid nucleates the apatite crystallites of bone: A hypothesis

Bone

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-113

  Sarig, Sara ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apatite crystals; Aspartic acid; Nucleating unit

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APATITE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

BONE CELL; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942722567     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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