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Expression of Collagen Types I, II, IX, and X in the Mineralizing Turkey Gastrocnemius Tendon

Reginald W Taylor1, Georgia K Mitchell2, Jon Lee Andrade3

  • 1Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Orthodontics, Dallas, Texas.

Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
|February 16, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
collagenextracellular matrixmineralizationCollagen type XTendon mineralizationFibrocartilage characteristicsTurkey gastrocnemius tendon

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