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Hyaluronan production by means of Has2 gene expression in chondrocytes is essential for long bone development.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Feb 2011
Moffatt Pierre, Lee Eunice R, St-Jacques Benoit, Matsumoto Kazu, Yamaguchi Yu, Roughley Peter J
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Mice possessing no Has2 expression in chondrocytes died near birth and displayed abnormalities throughout their skeleton. By embryonic day 18.5, the long bones were short and wide, and possessed excessive mineralization within their diaphysis, with little evidence of diaphyseal bone modeling. How...
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