Cartilage collagen fibril network in newborn transgenic mice analyzed by electron microscopic stereology

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Lngsjö, Teemu K ^a,b   Arita, MacHiko ^c   Helminen, Heikki J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Collagen network; Electron microscopy; Stereology; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CYSTINE; PROCOLLAGEN N PROTEINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COL2A1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE II; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POINT MUTATION; PROCOLLAGEN N-ENDOPEPTIDASE;

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 70349281725     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209232     Document Type: Article

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