Composition of cartilage from lysozyme-deficient rabbits.
Costal and auricular cartilage obtained from mutant rabbits exhibiting lysozyme deficiency has been found to be identical to similar tissue from control animals in a variety of biochemical parameters. These data seriously question the putative role of lysozyme as a structural component of cartilage.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism*; D004431:Ear, External; D006601:Hexoses / Q000378:metabolism; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000378:metabolism; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011817:Rabbits; D012272:Ribs; D014574:Uronic Acids / Q000378:metabolism
D006601:Hexoses; D014574:Uronic Acids; D009113:Muramidase; D006909:Hydroxyproline