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Abstract
Normal human articular cartilage synthesizes only one type of a chain, which exhibits the chromatographic behavior of the alpha(l)(II) chains described for chick and bovine cartilage. Osteoarthritic cartilage, on the other hand, synthesizes in addition a collagen containing alpha(2) chains and beta components. The different structural features of the two types of collagen may account for some of the functional defects of osteoarthritic cartilage.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4724930 DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4101.751
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728