| | |
| 1382 |
9:00 AM | Infrared Microspectroscopy Reveals Different Mineral Variations in Osteoporotic Patients A.L. BOSKEY1, E. DICARLO2, R. MENDELSOHN3, P. WEST2, E. PASCHALIS4, and D. DEMPSTER5, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA, 3Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA, 4Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Osteology, Vienna, Austria, 5Helen Hayes Hospital, Columbia University School of Medicine, West Haverstraw, NY, USA |
| 1383 |
9:15 AM | Bone Sialoprotein Nucleation of Hydroxyapatite: Active Site Determination C.E. TYE, G. SINGH, O. LITVINOVA, G.K. HUNTER, and H.A. GOLDBERG, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
| 1384 |
9:30 AM | Computer modeling of potential mineral nucleation sites on collagen D. ZEIGER, G. MARSHALL, and S.J. MARSHALL, University of California - San Francisco, USA |
| 1385 |
9:45 AM | Solubility of Magnesium-containing b-tricalcium Phosphate A. ITO1, T. HIDA2, Y. SOGO1, N. ICHINOSE2, and R. LEGEROS3, 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Waseda University, School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 3New York University College of Dentistry, USA |
| 1386 |
10:00 AM | Transglutaminase Regulates Collagen Production and Matrix Mineralization in Osteoblast Cultures H.F. AL-JALLAD, E.K. MCMILLAN, J.L.Y. CHEN, and M.T. KAARTINEN, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 1387 |
10:15 AM | Osteopontin opsonizes mineral particles for phagocytosis by macrophages L.G. NIKOLCHEVA, C.E. PEDRAZA, M.T. KAARTINEN, J.E. BARRALET, and M.D. MCKEE, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
|