Zonal variations in cytoskeletal element organization, mRNA and protein expression in the intervertebral disc

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-732

  Li, Siyuan ^a   Duance, Victor C ^a   Blain, Emma J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cytoskeleton; Intervertebral disc; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOSKELETON; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE MOBILITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTINS; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN; VIMENTIN;

BOVINAE;

EID: 57249114589     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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