Tendon-bone attachment unit is formed modularly by a distinct pool of Scx-and Sox9-positive progenitors

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2680-2690

  Blitz, Einat ^a   Sharir, Amnon ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   Zelzer, Elazar ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment unit; BMP4; Cartilage; Modularity; Mouse; Musculoskeletal system; Patterning; Progenitors; SCX; Skeleton; SOX9; Specification; Tendons; TGF

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SCX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE CELL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LONG BONE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TENDON;

ATTACHMENT UNIT; BMP4; CARTILAGE; MODULARITY; MOUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATTERNING; PROGENITORS; SCX; SKELETON; SOX9; SPECIFICATION; TENDONS; TGFΒ;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TAMOXIFEN; TENDONS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878888767     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.093906     Document Type: Article

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