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Chondromodulin I is dispensable during enchondral ossification and eye development.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Sept 2002
Brandau Oliver, Aszódi Attila, Hunziker Ernst B, Neame Peter J, Vestweber Dietmar, Fässler Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Chondromodulin I (chm-I), a type II transmembrane protein, is highly expressed in the avascular zones of cartilage but is downregulated in the hypertrophic region, which is invaded by blood vessels during enchondral ossification. In vitro and in vivo assays with the purified protein have shown chondrocyte-modulating and angiogenesis-inhibiting functions. To investigate chm-I function in vivo, we generated...
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