| Literature DB >> 2714801 |
M W Su1, V Benson-Chanda, H Vissing, F Ramirez.
Abstract
The organization of the exons coding for the N-terminal portion of human type II procollagen has been determined. Aside from inferring the previously unknown primary structure of type II N-propeptide, this study has revealed that this coding domain of the gene exhibits an organization uniquely distinct from those of type I and type III collagens. This finding substantiates the notion that the N-propeptide coding domains of the fibrillar collagen genes evolved under less stringent selection than those encoding the C-propeptide and triple helical regions.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2714801 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(89)90353-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genomics ISSN: 0888-7543 Impact factor: 5.736