The effect of inherited chondrodystrophy on the hexosamine content of cartilage from turkey embryos.
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.
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
D006595:Hexosamines; D005688:Galactosamine; D005944:Glucosamine