Osteocalcin (Bone Gla protein, BGP) is a small noncollagenous protein which is synthesized by osteoblasts and odontoblasts and is found exlusively in mineralized bony tissues. Although isolated for the first time in 1978, only recently has a function for this protein been suggested, specifically in controlling hydroxyapatite crystal growth. Appearance of osteocalcin could be linked to the presence of an hydroxy...
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