Structures and functions of collagens in Caenorhabditis elegans.

doi:10.1096/fasebj.8.3.8143939

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Structures and functions of collagens in Caenorhabditis elegans.

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Mar 1994

Kramer J M

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Two types of collagens have been identified in Caenorhabditis elegans corresponding to two types of extracellular matrix, the cuticle and basement membranes. Cuticle collagens are encoded by a developmentally regulated family of approximately 100 genes. Mutations in cuticle collagens can produce...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Basement Membrane
Caenorhabditis elegans
Collagen
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation

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