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Oim mice exhibit altered femur and incisor mineral composition and decreased bone mineral density.
Bone - 1 Aug 2000
Phillips C L, Bradley D A, Schlotzhauer C L, Bergfeld M, Libreros-Minotta C, Gawenis L R, Morris J S, Clarke L L, Hillman L S
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the role of the pro alpha 2(I) collagen chains of type I collagen in mineralization we used the oim (osteogenesis imperfecta model) mouse as our model system. The oim/oim mouse (homozygous for a null mutation in its COL1A2 gene of type I collagen) fails to synthesize functional pro alpha 2(I) collagen chains, synthesizing only homotrimers of pro alpha 1(I) collagen chains. To evaluate the role of...
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