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Transgenic mice with targeted inactivation of the Col2 alpha 1 gene for collagen II develop a skeleton with membranous and periosteal bone but no endochondral bone.
Genes & development - 15 Nov 1995
Li S W, Prockop D J, Helminen H, Fässler R, Lapveteläinen T, Kiraly K, Peltarri A, Arokoski J, Lui H, Arita M
Abstract excerpt
Homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells was used to prepare transgenic mice with an inactivated Col2a1 gene for collagen II, the major protein component of the extracellular matrix of cartilage. Heterozygous mice had a minimal phenotype. Homozygous mice developed into fetuses that were d...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Base Sequence
- Bone and Bones
- Collagen
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Targeting
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Osteogenesis
- Phenotype