Endochondral ossification is dependent on the mechanical properties of cartilage tissue and on intracellular signals in chondrocytes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 857, Issue , 1998, Pages 74-85

  Talts, Jan F ^a   Pfeifer, Alexander ^b   Hofmann, Franz ^b   Hunziker, Ernst B ^c   Zhou, Xiao Hong ^b,d   Aszódi, Attila ^b,d   Fässler, Reinhard ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031760390     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10108.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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