Extrafibrillar proteoglycans osmotically regulate the molecular packing of collagen in cartilage

BBA - General Subjects

Volumn 882, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 136-139

  Katz, E P ^a,b   Wachtel, E J ^b   Maroudas, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

(Articular cartilage); Collagen structure; Extrafibrillar space; Intrafibrillar space; Osmotic pressure; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; HUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; BODY WATER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; HUMAN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEOGLYCANS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0022447936     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(86)90065-6     Document Type: Article

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