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Expression of mutant cartilage oligomeric matrix protein in human chondrocytes induces the pseudoachondroplasia phenotype.
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society - 1 Apr 2006
Merritt Thomas M, Alcorn Joseph L, Haynes Richard, Hecht Jacqueline T
Abstract excerpt
Over 70 mutations in the cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), a large extracellular pentameric glycoprotein synthesized by chondrocytes, have been identified as causing two skeletal dysplasias: multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED/EDM1), and a dwarfing condition, pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH). These mutations induce misfolding of intracellular COMP, resulting in retention of the protein in the rough...
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