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Osteogenesis imperfecta type I is commonly due to a COL1A1 null allele of type I collagen.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1992
Willing M C, Pruchno C J, Atkinson M, Byers P H
Abstract excerpt
Dermal fibroblasts from most individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type I produce about half the normal amount of type I procollagen, as a result of decreased synthesis of one of its constituent chains, pro alpha 1 (I). To test the hypothesis that decreased synthesis of pro alpha (I) chains results from mutations in the COL1A1 gene, we used primer extension with nucleotide-specific chain termination to...
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