Post-natal molecular adaptations in anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of the ovine anterior cruciate ligament: One structure with two parts or two distinct ligaments?

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Huebner, Kyla D ^a   O'Brien, Etienne J O ^a   Heard, Bryan J ^a   Chung, May ^a   Achari, Yamini ^a   Shrive, Nigel G ^a,b   Frank, Cyril B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; Anteromedial; Collagens; Maturation; Posterolateral; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DECORIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTEROMEDIAL BUNDLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; LIGAMENT; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTEROLATERAL BUNDLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE AND BONES; DECORIN; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84863669078     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2011.637652     Document Type: Article

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