Proteoliposomes as matrix vesicles' biomimetics to study the initiation of skeletal mineralization
During the process of endochondral bone formation, chondrocytes and osteoblasts mineralize their extracellular matrix by promoting the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA) seed crystals in the sheltered interior of membrane-limited matrix vesicles (MVs). Ion transporters control the availability of phos...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2010-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000300003 |