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Physico-Chemical Principles of Biomineralization

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Bone Regulatory Factors

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 184))

Abstract

Fundamental physico-chemical knowledge of the mineral components in skeletal tissues has increased substantially during the 3 decades since the publication of Neuman and Neuman’s (1958) pioneering treatise on this subject. In particular, the dominant apatitic phase has become especially well characterized in terms of its chemical, structural, and morphological features. Substantial progress has also been made in our understanding of the dynamics of calcium phosphate precipitation in aqueous synthetic and in vitro systems. Less complete, however, is our knowledge of the actual deposition processes by which the bony extracellular matrix is invested with these mineral salts in vivo.

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  1. National Institute of Dental Research, Bone Research Branch, Research Associate Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

    Edward D. Eanes

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    Antonio Pecile (Professor of Pharmacology) (Professor of Pharmacology)

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    Benedetto de Bernard (Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry) (Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry)

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Eanes, E.D. (1990). Physico-Chemical Principles of Biomineralization. In: Pecile, A., de Bernard, B. (eds) Bone Regulatory Factors. NATO ASI Series, vol 184. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1508-8_1

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