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Disruption of the developmentally-regulated Col2a1 pre-mRNA alternative splicing switch in a transgenic knock-in mouse model.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Apr 2012
Lewis Renate, Ravindran Soumya, Wirthlin Louisa, Traeger Geoffrey, Fernandes Russell J, McAlinden Audrey
Abstract excerpt
The present study describes the generation of a knock-in mouse model to address the role of type II procollagen (Col2a1) alternative splicing in skeletal development and maintenance. Alternative splicing of Col2a1 precursor mRNA is a developmentally-regulated event that only occurs in chondrogenic tissue. Normally, chondroprogenitor cells synthesize predominantly exon 2-containing mRNA isoforms (type IIA and IID)...
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