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Type IIA procollagen: expression in developing chicken limb cartilage and human osteoarthritic articular cartilage.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Apr 2001
Nah H D, Swoboda B, Birk D E, Kirsch T
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Type IIA procollagen is an alternatively spliced product of the type II collagen gene and uniquely contains the cysteine (cys)-rich globular domain in its amino (N)-propeptide. To understand the function of type IIA procollagen in cartilage development under normal and pathologic conditions, the detailed expression pattern of type IIA procollagen was determined in progressive stages of development in embryonic...
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