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Thermal stability and folding of the collagen triple helix and the effects of mutations in osteogenesis imperfecta on the triple helix of type I collagen.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Jan 1993
Bächinger H P, Morris N P, Davis J M
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited disease in which 90% of the cases result from mutations in the 2 genes, pro alpha 1 and pro alpha 2, coding for type I collagen. Type I collagen is a trimeric molecule, (alpha 1)2 alpha 2, which is dominated both structurally and functionally by the 300 nm triple-helical domain. Most OI mutations occur in this domain and almost all point mutations result in the...
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