Metabolic activities of partially degenerated hypertrophic chondrocytes: Gene expression of hyaluronan synthases

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-325

  Takada, Yuki ^a,d   Sakiyama, Hisako ^a   Kuriiwa, Kazuko ^a   Masuda, Riako ^a   Inoue, Naokazu ^a   Nakagawa, Koichi ^a,d   Itano, Naoki ^c   Saito, Toshiyuki ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^b   Kimata, Koji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Differentiation; Golden hamster; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthases; Hypertrophic chondrocytes; In situ hybridization; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; HYALURONATE SYNTHETASE; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PALMITIC ACID; PROLINE; SULFUR 35; SYNTHETASE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE; HAMSTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; TRANSFERASES; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; EUKARYOTA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032739383     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004419900082     Document Type: Article

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