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Defective collagen VI α6 chain expression in the skeletal muscle of patients with collagen VI-related myopathies.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Sept 2014
Tagliavini F, Pellegrini C, Sardone F, Squarzoni S, Paulsson M, Wagener R, Gualandi F, Trabanelli C, Ferlini A, Merlini L, Santi S, Maraldi N M, Faldini C, Sabatelli P
Abstract excerpt
Collagen VI is a non-fibrillar collagen present in the extracellular matrix (ECM) as a complex polymer; the mainly expressed form is composed of α1, α2 and α3 chains; mutations in genes encoding these chains cause myopathies known as Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), Bethlem myopathy (BM) and myosclerosis myopathy (MM). The collagen VI α6 chain is a recently identified component of the ECM of the...
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