Article
Frameshift mutation near the 3' end of the COL1A1 gene of type I collagen predicts an elongated Pro alpha 1(I) chain and results in osteogenesis imperfecta type I.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 1990
Willing M C, Cohn D H, Byers P H
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous disorder of type I collagen of which OI type I, an autosomal dominant condition, is the mildest and most common form. Affected individuals have blue sclerae, normal stature, bone fragility without significant deformity and osteopenia. Fibroblasts from most affected individuals produce about half the expected amount of structurally normal type I collagen as a result...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Collagen
- Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI
- Female
- Genes
- Humans
