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Nanomelic chondrocytes synthesize, but fail to translocate, a truncated aggrecan precursor.
Journal of cell science - 1 Mar 1993
Vertel B M, Walters L M, Grier B, Maine N, Goetinck P F
Abstract excerpt
Cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) is composed primarily of type II collagen and large, link stabilized aggregates of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (aggrecan). Maturation and function of these complex macromolecules are dependent upon sequential processing events which occur during their movements through specific subcellular compartments in the constitutive secretory pathway. Failure to...
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