title: The effect of inherited chondrodystrophy on the hexosamine content of cartilage from turkey embryos.
abstract: The effect of inherited chondrodystrophy on the composition of embryonic turkey cartilage was studied. Cartilage from embryos homozygous for the mutant gene contained less than one-half the normal amount of galactosamine containing mucopolysaccharides. Histological examination also showed that there was a substantial decrease in extracellular matrix content of the chondrodystrophic cartilage.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism*; D005688:Galactosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D006595:Hexosamines; D005688:Galactosamine; D005944:Glucosamine