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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 det...
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