Collagen XXVII organises the pericellular matrix in the growth plate.

In order to characterise the function of the novel fibrillar type XXVII collagen, a series of mice expressing mutant forms of the collagen were investigated. Mice harboring a glycine to cysteine substitution in the collagenous domain were phenotypically normal when heterozygote and displayed a mild...

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Main Authors: Darren A Plumb, Laila Ferrara, Tanja Torbica, Lynnette Knowles, Aleksandr Mironov, Karl E Kadler, Michael D Briggs, Raymond P Boot-Handford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3242791?pdf=render