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Makings of a brittle bone: Unexpected lessons from a low protein diet study of a mouse OI model.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Jan 2000
Mertz E L, Makareeva E, Mirigian L S, Koon K Y, Perosky J E, Kozloff K M, Leikin S
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Glycine substitutions in type I collagen appear to cause osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) by disrupting folding of the triple helix, the structure of which requires Gly in every third position. It is less clear, however, whether the resulting bone malformations and fragility are caused by effects of intracellular accumulation of misfolded collagen on differentiation and function of osteoblasts, effects of secreted...
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