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Human cartilage from late stage familial osteoarthritis transcribes type II collagen mRNA encoding a cysteine in position 519.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 14 May 1993
Holderbaum D, Malemud C J, Moskowitz R W, Haqqi T M
Abstract excerpt
A single base change resulting in the substitution of Cys for Arg at position 519 of the type II collagen triple helix is a predisposing factor in the pathogenesis of a precocious-onset form of familial osteoarthritis associated with a mild chondrodysplasia. Cartilage obtained at the time of total knee replacement in a patient with the Arg-Cys519 mutation was used to investigate the expression of Col2A1 alleles....
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