>Dear List Members
>
>I am looking for a lab (preferably UK based) that can extract collagen
>from tooth enamel and conduct carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on
>the extracted collagen. The number of samples I am looking at doing is
>in the region of 90. If anybody can perform the analyses, or knows of a
>lab that can, I would be extremely grateful if you can drop me a line.
>
>Cheers Steve
>
>Dr Stephen Grimes

Dear Stephen,

Just a reminder that tooth enamel does not contain any collagen, but other
kinds of proteins, such as enamelin and so on. Do you rather mean collagen
from dentine?

Regards

Herve


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Dr. Hervé Bocherens
Laboratoire de Paléontologie
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM) - UMR 5554 du CNRS
Université Montpellier 2
Place Eugène Bataillon case courrier 064
F-34095 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5 (FRANCE)
Tel  (+33) 4 67 14 32 60
Fax (+33) 4 67 14 36 10
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