Isolation of calcospherulites from the mineralization front of bone

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 189, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Midura, Ronald J ^a   Vasanji, Amit ^a   Su, Xiaowei ^a   Midura, Sharon B ^a   Gorski, Jeff P ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Bone formation; Bone matrix proteins; Calcospherulites; Mineralization front

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCEIN; CALCIUM; COLLAGENASE; MATRIX PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BONE MATRIX; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCOSPHERULITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOID; PERIOSTEUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BONE AND BONES; BONE MATRIX; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM; COLLAGENASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 57449096774     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000152914     Document Type: Conference Paper

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