Estimation of the identity of proteolytic aggrecan fragments using PAGE migration and Western immunoblot

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 898-905

  Struglics, A ^a   Larsson, S ^a   Lohmander, L S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Calculation model; Proteolytic fragments; Western immunoblot

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MONOMER; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGGRECANS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 33746513929     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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