Changes in the content of the fibrillar collagens and the expression of their mRNAs in the menisci of the rabbit knee joint during development and ageing

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-274

  Bland, Yvette S ^a   Ashhurst, Doreen E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNEE MENISCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINTS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029893502     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02409014     Document Type: Article

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