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Multiexon deletions in the type I collagen COL1A2 gene in osteogenesis imperfecta type IB. Molecules containing the shortened alpha2(I) chains show differential incorporation into the bone and skin extracellular matrix.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Aug 1996
Mundlos S, Chan D, Weng Y M, Sillence D O, Cole W G, Bateman J F
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type IB is a rare subset of the mildest form of OI, clinically characterized by moderate bone fragility, blue sclera, and dentinogenesis imperfecta. Cultured skin fibroblasts from two unrelated individuals (OI-197 and OI-165) with the typical features of OI type IB produced shortened alpha2(I) chains. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of the alpha2(I)-cDNA revealed...
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