PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 32612224-5 2020 Here we show, using atomic-scale quantitative imaging and correlative spectroscopies, that the nanoscale crystallites of hydroxylapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(OH)), which are the fundamental building blocks of enamel, comprise two nanometric layers enriched in magnesium flanking a core rich in sodium, fluoride and carbonate ions; this sandwich core is surrounded by a shell with lower concentration of substitutional defects. Carbonates 305-314 carbonic anhydrase 5A Homo sapiens 138-147