Expression of α-smooth muscle actin in canine intervertebral disc cells in situ and in collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrices in vitro

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-199

  Schneider, T O ^a   Mueller, S M ^a   Shortkroff, S ^a   Spector, M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brockton W Roxbury Vet Aff M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TISSUE CULTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CANINE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CELLS; COLLAGEN GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN MATRICES; MUSCLE ACTIN;

MUSCLE;

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COPOLYMER; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; ACTIN; COLLAGEN; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DOG; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VERTEBRA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DNA; DOGS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032586859     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100170207     Document Type: Article

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