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A type X collagen mutation causes Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 1993
Warman M L, Abbott M, Apte S S, Hefferon T, McIntosh I, Cohn D H, Hecht J T, Olsen B R, Francomano C A
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The expression of type X collagen is restricted to hypertrophic chondrocytes in regions undergoing endochondral ossification, such as growth plates. The precise function of type X collagen is unknown but the tissue-specific expression prompted us to examine the gene in hereditary disorders of cartilage and bone growth (osteochondrodysplasias). We have identified a 13 base pair deletion in one type X collagen...
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