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Altered synthesis of cartilage-specific proteoglycans by mutant human cartilage oligomeric matrix protein.
Clinics in orthopedic surgery - 1 Dec 2009
Kwak Yoon Hae, Roh Jae Young, Lee Ki Seok, Park Hui Wan, Kim Hyun Woo
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BACKGROUND: The mechanism by which mutant cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) induces a pseudoachondroplasia phenotype remains unknown, and the reason why a mutation of a minor protein of the growth plate cartilage causes total disruption of endochondral bone formation has not yet been determined. The current study was performed to investigate the effects of mutated COMP on the synthesis of the...
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