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Molybdenum blue: Binding to collagen fibres and microcrystal formation

Helen Annal ThereseWolfgang TremelAndreas ReiberJ. Robin Harris

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inorganic chemicalsMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryNucleationGeneral Physics and Astronomyengineering.materialMicroscopy Electron TransmissionCoatingMolybdenum blueStructural BiologyCollagen fibresAnimalsGeneral Materials ScienceMuscle SkeletalMolybdenumAmmonium molybdateStaining and LabelingCell BiologyCollagen fibreenzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates)Chemical engineeringTransmission electron microscopyengineeringbacteriaCollagenCrystallization

description

Collagen fibres have been shown by transmission electron microscopy to progressively bind the polyoxomolybdate ring-complex, termed molybdenum blue. Nucleation of cuboidal molybdenum blue microcrystals occurs on the surface of the collagen fibres, leading eventually to extensive coating of the fibres with microcrystals.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2005-02-20Micron
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2005.03.011