Contribution of glycosaminoglycans to the microstructural integrity of fibrillar and fiber crimps in tendons and ligaments

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 1932-1940

  Franchi, Marco ^a   De Pasquale, Viviana ^a   Martini, Désirée ^a   Quaranta, Marilisa ^a   Macciocca, Maria ^a   Dionisi, Alessio ^a   Ottani, Vittoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondroitinase ABC; Electron microscopy; Fiber crimp; Fibrillar crimp; Glycosaminoglycans; Ligament; Tendon

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COLLAGEN FIBER; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER; FIBER CRIMP; FIBRILLAR CRIMP; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

RATTUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COLLAGEN; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; LIGAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDONS;

EID: 78349259676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.192     Document Type: Article

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