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Human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII C and bovine dermatosparaxis are caused by mutations in the procollagen I N-proteinase gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Colige A, Sieron A L, Li S W, Schwarze U, Petty E, Wertelecki W, Wilcox W, Krakow D, Cohn D H, Reardon W, Byers P H, Lapière C M, Prockop D J, Nusgens B V
Abstract excerpt
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) type VIIC is a recessively inherited connective-tissue disorder, characterized by extreme skin fragility, characteristic facies, joint laxity, droopy skin, umbilical hernia, and blue sclera. Like the animal model dermatosparaxis, EDS type VIIC results from the absence of activity of procollagen I N-proteinase (pNPI), the enzyme that excises the N-propeptide of type I and type II...
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