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(G586V) substitutions in the alpha 1 and alpha 2 chains of collagen I: effect of alpha-chain stoichiometry on the phenotype of osteogenesis imperfecta?
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1997
Lund A M, Skovby F, Schwartz M
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a congenital disease of connective tissue, most often caused by single amino acid substitutions of glycine residues within the triple helical region of collagen I. Collagen I consists of two alpha 1 chains and one alpha 2 chain. Thus, a substitution in the alpha 1(I) chain is thought to affect the function of the collagen molecule more than would a similar substitution in the alpha...
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