Versican Knockdown Reduces Interzone Area During Early Stages of Chick Synovial Joint Development

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-409

  Nagchowdhuri, Partha S ^a   Andrews, Kristen N ^a   Robart, Savannah ^a   Capehart, Anthony A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoviral gene transfer; Chick embryo; Extracellular matrix; Immunohistochemistry; Joint interzone; Versican

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; LINK PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TENASCIN; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FORELIMB; GENE SILENCING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT; JOINT CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHONDROGENESIS; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTREMITIES; JOINTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; VERSICANS;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84857037388     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21542     Document Type: Article

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