The mechanical properties of tail tendon fascicles from lubricin knockout, wild type and heterozygous mice

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Reuvers, John ^a   Thoreson, Andrew R ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Zhang, Ling ^b   Jay, Gregory D ^b   An, Kai Nan ^a   Warman, Matthew L ^c   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fascicle; Lubricin; Mechanical; Tendon; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

LUBRICIN; PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY; WILD TYPE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEOGLYCANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TAIL; TENDONS;

MUS;

EID: 80052275824     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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