Segmental expression of aggrecan in the non-segmented perinotochordal sheath underlies normal segmentation of the vertebral column

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Bundy, Justin ^a   Rogers, Rhonda ^a   Hoffman, Stanley ^b   Conway, Simon J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Cartilage formation; Chick; Notochord; Perinotochordal sheath; Segmental skeleton

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETON; SPINE;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; NOTOCHORD; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0032414598     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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