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Comparative analysis of the noncollagenous NC1 domain of type IV collagen: Identification of structural features important for assembly, function, and pathogenesis
1 Jun 1998
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Type IV collagen alpha1-alpha6 chains have important roles in the assembly of basement membranes and are implicated in the pathogenesis of Goodpasture syndrome, an autoimmune disorder, and Alport syndrome, a hereditary renal disease. We report comparative sequence analyses and structural predictions of the noncollagenous C-terminal globular NC1 domain (28 sequences). The inferred tree verified that type IV...
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