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Transgenic mouse models in studies of skeletal disorders.
The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement - 1 Feb 1995
Jacenko O, Olsen B R
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Studies of mutations in mice and humans are identifying molecular defects in a number of osteochondrodysplasias. Disruption of collagen IX function in mice using 3 transgenic approaches causes a degenerative joint disease resembling osteoarthritis (OA). Mapping of a multiple epiphyseal dysplasia locus to the chromosomal region of COL9A2 suggests that certain heritable forms of OA in humans are also associated...
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