The initiator of calculus matrix calcification, in vitro, was isolated. Crude phospholipid, known to contain the factor, was separated into five fractions by column chromatography. A single protein-containing fraction induced apatite formation during incubation in a metastable calcium phosphate solution. The nucleating fraction was identified as a proteolipid.
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