An N-terminal peptide from link protein stimulates proteoglycan biosynthesis in human articular cartilage in vitro

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-162

  McKenna, Louise A ^a   Liu, Hongxiang ^b   Sansom, Paul A ^a   Dean, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINK PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEOGLYCAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SULFATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEINS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0031961969     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199801)41:1<157::AID-ART19>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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