Variation in sulfation pattern of galactosaminoglycan containing proteoglycans is associated with the development of uterine leiomyoma

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 411-413

  Mitropoulou, Theony N ^a   Stagiannis, Konstantinos D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collagen; Glycosaminoglycans; High performance capillary electrophoresis; Proteoglycans; Uterine fibroid

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; GALACTOSAMINOGLYCANS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; QUANTITATIVE CHANGES; SULPHATION; UTERINE FIBROIDS; UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 4544387826     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.327     Document Type: Article

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