Expression pattern of two collagen type
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Kinya G. Ota; Shigeru Kuratani
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Collagen type 2 Ξ±1 (Col2A1) protein is a major component of the cartilaginous extracellular matrix (ECM) in vertebrates. Over the past two decades, the evolutionary origin of Col2A1 has been studied at the biochemical and molecular levels in extant jawless vertebrates (hagfishes and lam