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Potential modifier role of the R618Q variant of proalpha2(I)collagen in type I collagen fibrillogenesis: in vitro assembly analysis.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jun 2004
Vomund Anthony N, Braddock Stephen R, Krause Gary F, Phillips Charlotte L
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An arginine to glutamine substitution in the triple helix of proalpha2(I)collagen (R618Q) was first reported in a patient with a variant of Marfan syndrome and later identified in conjunction with a second mutation in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The presence of the R618Q proalpha...
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