The large chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan versican in mammalian vitreous

Matrix Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-333

  Reardon, Anthony ^a,b   Heinegård, Dick ^c   Mcleod, David ^b   Sheehan, John K ^a   Bishop, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Proteoglycan; Versican; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 9; GUANIDINE; LYASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; TISSUE; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0031791651     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(98)90085-3     Document Type: Article

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