Tubular frameworks guiding orderly bone formation in the antler of the red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-464

  Krauss, Stefanie ^a   Wagermaier, Wolfgang ^a   Estevez, José A ^b   Currey, John D ^c   Fratzl, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antler; Bone formation; Framework; Polarized light microscopy; Red deer; SAXS

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HORN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; DEER; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS;

AXIS (DEER); CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 79960904501     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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