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Null mutations in LEPRE1 and CRTAP cause severe recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Jan 2010
Marini Joan C, Cabral Wayne A, Barnes Aileen M
Abstract excerpt
Classical osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a dominant genetic disorder of connective tissue caused by mutations in either of the two genes encoding type I collagen, COL1A1 and COL1A2. Recent investigations, however, have generated a new paradigm for OI incorporating many of the prototypical features that distinguish dominant and recessive conditions, within a type I collagen framework. We and others have shown...
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