Ucma is not necessary for normal development of the mouse skeleton

Bone

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 670-680

  Eitzinger, Nicole ^a,b   Surmann Schmitt, Cordula ^a   Bösl, Michael ^b   Schett, Georg ^c   Engelke, Klaus ^c   Hess, Andreas ^c   von der Mark, Klaus ^a   Stock, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gla; Knockout; Skeletal development; Ucma

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPPER ZONE OF GROWTH PLATE AND CARTILAGE MATRIX ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACZ GENE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSSIFICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UCMA GENE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; GROWTH PLATE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OSTEOGENESIS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84856954886     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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