Identification of a tendon phenotype in GDF6 deficient mice

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 396-400

  Mikic, Borjana ^a   Rossmeier, Kerri ^a   Bierwert, Louann ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; BMP13; GDF; GDF6; Tendon

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 12; COLLAGEN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 65549168772     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20852     Document Type: Article

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