Communication between paired chondrocytes in the superficial zone of articular cartilage

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 363-370

  Chi, Simon S ^a   Rattner, Jerome B ^a   Matyas, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell communication; Chondrocyte; Chondron; Gap junction; Hemichannel

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYE; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLEACHING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHONDROCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 10444285322     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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