Versican knock-down compromises chondrogenesis in the embryonic chick limb

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Shepard, John B ^a   Gliga, Diana A ^a   Morrow, Amanda P ^a   Hoffman, Stanley ^b   Capehart, Anthony A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Chondrogenesis; Extracellular matrix; Limb development; Morpholino; Versican

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN; VERSICAN; ALCIAN BLUE; ALIZARIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CHICK; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORELIMB; HUMERUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULNA; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CHICK EMBRYO; LIMB BUD; METABOLISM; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA; VERTEBRATA;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; APOPTOSIS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHONDROGENESIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIMB BUDS; VERSICANS;

EID: 40949100041     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20627     Document Type: Article

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