Calcification in Biological Systems

Preface (E. Bonucci). Dynamics of Calcium Phosphate Precipitation (E.D. Eanes). Role of Collagen Fibrils in Calcification (E. Bonucci). Role of Proteoglycans in Calcification (N. Shepard). Role of Lipids in Osteogenesis: Cell Signaling and Matrix Calcification (R. Dziak). Role of Matrix Vesicles in Calcification (J. Sela, Z. Schwartz, L.D. Swain, and B.D. Boyan). Cell Mediated Calcification In Vitro (P. Gehron Robey). Mechanisms of Microbial Mineralization (B.D. Boyan, L.D. Swain, and M.M. Everett). Calcification of Spicules in the Sea Urchin Embryo (S.C. Benson and F.H. Wilt). Mechanisms of Molluscan Shell Formation (A.P. Wheeler). Structure and Calcification of Epiphyseal Growth Cartilage (B. Engfeldt and F.P. Reinholt). Structure and Mineralization of Bone (P. Bianco). Structure and Calcification of Dentine (A. Linde). Development and Calcification of Enamel (A. Nanci and C.E. Smith). Structure and Development of Calcific Urinary Stone (S.R. Khan). Ectopic Calcification (G. Daculsi, J. Pouezat, L. Peru, Y. Maugars, and R.Z. Legeros).