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Epiphysial cartilage

Known as: Growth plate of long bone, Lamina epiphysialis, Plate, Epiphyseal 
The area between the EPIPHYSIS and the DIAPHYSIS within which bone growth occurs.
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsBone DevelopmentEpiphyseal staplingEpiphysis of bone

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Structure of long boneSynchondrosis structure

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Wnt gene expression in the post-natal growth plate: regulation with chondrocyte differentiation.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase II is a molecular switch from proliferation to hypertrophic differentiation of chondrocytes.
The Komeda miniature rat Ishikawa (KMI) is a naturally occurring mutant caused by an autosomal recessive mutation mri, which… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Chondrodysplasia and neurological abnormalities in ATF-2-deficient mice
ACTIVATING transcription factor-2 (ATF-2) is a basic region leucine zipper protein whose DNA target sequence is the widely… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
DNA fragmentation during bone formation in neonatal rodents assessed by transferase‐mediated end labeling
To study the fate of bone cells, we used the transferase‐mediated, biotin‐dUTP nick end‐labeling (TUNEL) assay to detect DNA… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Correction of the growth defect in dwarf mice with nonautologous microencapsulated myoblasts--an alternate approach to somatic gene therapy.
Most of the currently approved human gene therapy protocols depend on genetic modification of autologous cells. We propose an… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Characterization of the nucleational core complex responsible for mineral induction by growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cellular turnover at the chondro‐osseous junction of growth plate cartilage: Analysis by serial sections at the light microscopical level
In the distal hypertrophic cell zone of growth plate cartilage, the penetration of metaphyseal vascular endothelial cells is into… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The localization of proteoglycan by light and electron microscopy using safranin O. A study of epiphyseal cartilage.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Ultrastructure and acid phosphatase activity of matrix vesicles and cytoplasmic dense bodies in the epiphyseal plate.
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Lesions of the skeleton and of other mesodermal tissues in rats fed sweet-pea (Lathyrus odoratus) seeds.
Diets containing Lathyrus odoratus seeds fed to rats produce a hitherto unrecognized lesion in the epiphyseal plates. These are… 
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