Cartilage fibronectin isoforms: In search of functions for a special population of matrix glycoproteins

Matrix Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 441-454

  Burton Wurster, Nancy ^a   Lust, George ^a   MacLeod, James N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cartilage; Chondrocyte; Fibronectin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CHONDROGENESIS; CHONDROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030957433     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(97)90018-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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