Age-related changes in the structure of proteoglycan link proteins present in normal human articular cartilage
- 15 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 214 (1), 269-272
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2140269
Abstract
Link proteins were identified immunologically in human articular-cartilage protein preparations from various individuals. Irrespective of age, all cartilages contained three link proteins of mol.wts. 48000, 44000 and 41000. However, with increasing age, multiple additional components of mol.wts. 26000-30000 were commonly observed under conditions where disulphide bonds were reduced.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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