Article
Direct visualization of affected collagen molecules synthesized by cultured fibroblasts from an osteogenesis imperfecta patient.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 15 Oct 1990
Kobayashi K, Hata R, Nagai S, Niwa J, Hoshino T
Abstract excerpt
Human skin fibroblasts obtained from normal controls and a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta were cultured in the presence of ascorbic acid 2-phosphate, a long-acting vitamin C derivative. Crude collagen samples extracted from the cell layer were made to form lateral aggregates of collagen mol...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Female
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
