Electron tomography reveals multiple self-association of chondroitin sulphate/dermatan sulphate proteoglycans in Chst5-null mouse corneas

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-541

  Parfitt, Geraint J ^a   Pinali, Christian ^a   Akama, Tomoya O ^b,c   Young, Robert D ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^d   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Knupp, Carlo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chst5; Collagen fibrils; Electron microscopy; Mouse cornea; Proteoglycans; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; DERMATAN SULFATE; PROTEIN CHST5; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STROMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CORNEA; DERMATAN SULFATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 79955670510     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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