... in the biomineralization process. Someimportant roles were ascribed to them as the control of nucleation, the growth and the inhibition of crystal forma-tion [8,73]. The other compounds of the ... Proline, hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine were examined at 254 nm by reverse-phaseHPLC of their phenylisothiocarbamate derivatives [26], asreported previously [20]. The serine, threonine and tyrosinecontents ... composition of the water insoluble matrix(WIM). Again we found a high content in Gly-Ala, and the global composition was very similar to the WSM, and consequently the EDTA-IM. Hydroxyproline, hydroxy-lysine...