Persistence length of cartilage aggrecan macromolecules measured via atomic force microscopy

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 214, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-4

  Ng, Laurel ^a   Grodzinsky, Alan J ^a,b,c   Sandy, John ^d   Plaas, Anna ^e   Ortiz, Christine ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Shriner's Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Atomic force microscopy; Biopolymers; Cartilage; Glycosaminoglycan

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARTILAGE; MONOMERS; SULFATE MINERALS;

PERSISTENCE LENGTH; TAPPING MODE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (TMAFM);

MACROMOLECULES;

AGGRECAN; BIOPOLYMER; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MONOMER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVALENT BOND; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CARTILAGE; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 19544378851     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200451001     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (1)

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