Ectopic mineralization of articular cartilage in the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana and its possible involvement in bone closure

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 357-365

  Felisbino, Sérgio L ^a   Carvalho, Hernandes F ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Chondrocyte; Extracellular matrix; Hydroxyapatite; Mechanical loading; Ossification; Rana catesbeiana (Anura)

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCEIN; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BULLFROG; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMUR; FROG; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; HINDLIMB; KNEE JOINT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOGENESIS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0036203184     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-001-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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