Phylogeny and chemistry of biological mineral transport
Schlesinger PH, Braddock DT, Larrouture QC, Ray EC, Riazanski V, Nelson DJ, Tourkova IL, Blair HC. Phylogeny and chemistry of biological mineral transport. Bone 2020, 141: 115621. PMID: 32858255, PMCID: PMC7771281, DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImportant evolutionary relationshipsTissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphataseJawless fishEvolutionary relationshipsMineral accumulationKey biological elementsCellular organizationNonspecific alkaline phosphataseCross-linked collagen fibrilsMembrane vesiclesMineral transportSkeletal elementsAmorphous aggregatesDefinitive stageBone physiologyHigh expressionTooth formationMetabolic featuresEpithelial transport