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A 9-base pair deletion in COL1A1 in a lethal variant of osteogenesis imperfecta.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Nov 1991
Hawkins J R, Superti-Furga A, Steinmann B, Dalgleish R
Abstract excerpt
A proband with lethal osteogenesis imperfecta has been investigated for the causative defect at the levels of collagen protein, mRNA, and DNA. Analysis of type I collagen synthesized by the proband's fibroblasts showed excessive post-translational modification of alpha 1(I) chains along the entire length of the helix. Oververmodification of alpha chains could be prevented by incubation of the cells at 30 rather...
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