Matrix development in self-assembly of articular cartilage.

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Published in PLoS One on July 30, 2008

Authors

Gidon Ofek1, Christopher M Revell, Jerry C Hu, David D Allison, K Jane Grande-Allen, Kyriacos A Athanasiou

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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