Role of mineralization inhibitors in the regulation of hard tissue biomineralization: Relevance to initial enamel formation and maturation

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Margolis, Henry C ^a,b   Kwak, Seo Young ^a,b   Yamazaki, Hajime ^a,b  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium phosphate; Biomineralization; Dental enamel; Inhibitors; Mineral phase transformation

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84907054553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00339     Document Type: Review

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