Material properties and biochemical composition of mineralized vertebral cartilage in seven elasmobranch species (Chondrichthyes)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2920-2928

  Porter, Marianne E ^a   Beltrán, Jennie L ^a   Koob, Thomas J ^b   Summers, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Mineralized cartilage; Proteoglycan; Stiffness; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CHEMISTRY; ELASMOBRANCHII; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; ELASMOBRANCHII; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE; SWIMMING;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DISCOPYGE OMMATA; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 33748422329     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02325     Document Type: Article

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