Medial collateral ligament and partial anterior cruciate ligament transection: mRNA changes in uninjured ligaments of the sheep knee

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 707-713

  Lo, Ian K Y ^a   Marchuk, Linda ^a   Majima, Tokifumi ^a   Frank, Cyril B ^a   Hart, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ligament; MRNA; RT PCR; Sheep; Uninjured

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGENASE 3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0142026472     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0695-x     Document Type: Article

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