Collagen XXVII organises the pericellular matrix in the growth plate.

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

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