Structure, formation and role of cartilage canals in the developing bone

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-315

  Blumer, Michael J F ^a   Longato, Stefano ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone relevant proteins; Cartilage canals; Endochondral bone formation; Matrix metalloproteinases; Proteolytic enzymes; Type I collagen

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE TARTRATE RESISTANT ISOENZYME; AGGRECANASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRUCTURE; CARTILAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIAPHYSIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EPIPHYSIS; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METALLOPROTEASES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 48149087435     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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