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Electron microscope shows how crystal HAP grows enamel.(OBSERVATIONS)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  July, 2005  

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> An electron microscope captures the weave structure of the long crystal strands that give enamel its strength, as shown in the top right image from the Dept. of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash. Bottom: A model based on nuclear magnetic resonance data shows how an active portion of the enamel-building protein, an amelogenin called LRAP, interacts with the crystal hydroxyapatite used by the body to ...

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