Altered levels of extracellular matrix molecule mRNA in healing rabbit ligaments

Matrix Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Boykiw, Raymond ^a   Sciore, Paul ^a   Reno, Carol ^a   Marchuk, Linda ^a   Frank, Cyril B ^a   Hart, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biglycan; Collagen; Decorin; Fibromodulin; Ligament biology; Lumican; RT PCR; Versican

Indexed keywords

BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DECORIN; FIBROMODULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031734721     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(98)90089-0     Document Type: Article

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