Spaceflight has compartment- and gene-specific effects on mRNA levels for bone matrix proteins in rat femur

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2132-2137

  Evans, Glenda L ^a   Morey Holton, Emily ^b   Turner, Russell T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone formation; Bone histomorphometry; Northern analysis; Osteoporosis; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEONECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031832645     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.2132     Document Type: Article

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