Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the aggrecan interglobular domain from porcine, equine, bovine and ovine cartilage: Comparison of proteinase-susceptible regions and sites of keratan sulfate substitution

Matrix Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 507-511

  Flannery, Carl R ^a   Little, Chris B ^a   Caterson, Bruce ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Aggrecanase; Interglobular domain; Matrix metalloproteinase

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATAN SULFATE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031911950     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(98)90021-X     Document Type: Article

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