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Cartilage cell differentiation: review.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Jan 2000
von der Mark K, Conrad G
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Differentiation of cartilage cells from embryonic precursor cells is characterized by the onset of biosynthesis of at least two cartilage-specific gene products, type II collagen and cartilage-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG). Biochemical and immunological assays for these compounds now allow rapid, quantitative, and specific determination of the onset of cartilage differentiation, and present...
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