The transglutaminase, Factor XIIIA, is present in articular chondrocytes

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 578-581

  Rosenthal, A K ^a   Masuda, I ^a   Gohr, C M ^a   Derfus, B A ^a   Le, M ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Articular cartilage; Calcium pyrophosphate; Factor XIIIA; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0034848832     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joca.2000.0423     Document Type: Article

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