A method for testing compressive properties of single proteoglycan aggregates

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 338-341

  Liu, Xuhui ^a   Noble, Philip C ^a   Luo, Zong Ping ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Compression; Interferometer; Laser tweezers; Mechanical force; Proteoglycan aggregate

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEVICE; FORCE; INTERFEROMETER; LASER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0037675967     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01202-6     Document Type: Article

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