Regional variations in the cellular matrix of the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-171

  Bruehlmann, Sabina B ^a   Rattner, Jerome B ^a   Matyas, John R ^a   Duncan, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell Shape; Cellular processes; Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMELLAR BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE INJURY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036684509     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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