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Infrared Analysis of Rat Bone: Age Dependency of Amorphous and Crystalline Mineral Fractions

John D. Termine, Aaron S. Posner

Science · 1966 · 316 citations · 9 references

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Quantitative infrared spectrophotometric analysis of whole femurs from male rats demonstrates that anorphous calcium phosphate is a major component of bone mineral. The amount of amorphous calcium phosphate in whole bone decreases while the crystalline bone apatite increases during early stages of bone formation. Mature rat bone contains constant levels of both amorphous and crystalline calcium phosphate.

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Intermediate States in the Precipitation of Hydroxyapatite

E. D. Eanes, I. H. GILLESSEN, A. S. Posner · Nature · 1965 · 511 citations

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Infra-Red Determination of the Percentage of Crystallinity in Apatitic Calcium Phosphates

John D. Termine, Aaron S. Posner · Nature · 1966 · 226 citations

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CRYSTAL‐COLLAGEN RELATIONSHIPS IN BONE AS OBSERVED IN THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. III. CRYSTAL AND COLLAGEN MORPHOLOGY AS A FUNCTION OF AGE

Robert A. Robinson, Michael L. Watson · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1955 · 225 citations

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<i>DIVISION OF BIOPHYSICS</i>: KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF CONVERSION OF NONCRYSTALLINE CALCIUM PHOSPHATE TO CRYSTALLINE HYDROXYAPATITE*

E. D. Eanes, A. S. Posner · Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1965 · 147 citations

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Measurement of Non-Crystalline Calcium Phosphate in Bone Mineral.

Richard A. Harper, A. S. Posner · Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1966 · 137 citations

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