Vascular localization and proliferation in the growing tip of the deer antler

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 973-981

  Clark, Dawn E ^a   Li, Chunyi ^a   Wang, Wenying ^a   Martin, Shirley K ^a   Suttie, James M ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cartilage; Cervine; Endothelial; Velvet

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BROXURIDINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROGENESIS; DEER; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GROWTH RATE; HORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARTILAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROCYTES; DEER; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 33748117084     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20364     Document Type: Article

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