The molecular basis of articular lubrication. I. Purification and properties of a lubricating fraction from bovine synovial fluid.

Amino Acids/analysis Animals Carbohydrates/analysis Cartilage, Articular/physiology Cattle Centrifugation, Density Gradient Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Gel Chromatography, Ion Exchange Electrophoresis, Disc Galactose/analysis Glutamates/analysis Hexosamines/analysis Immunodiffusion Lubrication Molecular Biology Neuraminic Acids/analysis Proline/analysis Rabbits/immunology Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet Synovial Fluid/analysis Threonine/analysis Ultrafiltration

Amino Acids Carbohydrates Glutamates Hexosamines Neuraminic Acids Threonine Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Proline Galactose