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Crystal-collagen relationships in calcified turkey leg tendons visualized by selected-area dark field electron microscopy

Abstract

The distribution and orientation of biological apatite crystals in calcified turkey leg tendons were studied by selected-area dark field electron microscopy. This imaging technique enables the direct visualization of apatite and the specific determination of the crystallographic axes (a, b-axes or c-axis) within calcified collagen fibrils. This study shows that at early stages of mineralization, rod-shaped apatite crystals (5–20 nm in length) …

Authors

Arsenault AL

Journal

Calcified Tissue International, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 202–212

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

October 1988

DOI

10.1007/bf02555136

ISSN

0171-967X