Journal article
A correlation between the distribution of biological apatite and amino acid sequence of type I collagen
Abstract
We have determined the localization of apatite within type I collagen fibrils of calcifying turkey leg tendons by both bright field and selectedarea dark field (SADF) electron microscopy and have compared this to computer-modeled, chick type I collagen amino acid sequence data. Apatite crystals occur in both the gap and overlap zones at early stages of mineralization in an asymmetric pattern that corresponds to the polarity, N-to C-orientation, …
Authors
Maitland ME; Arsenault AL
Journal
Calcified Tissue International, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 341–352
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
5 1991
DOI
10.1007/bf02556154
ISSN
0171-967X