A recombinant homotrimer of type I procollagen that lacks the central two D-periods. The thermal stability of the triple helix is decreased by 2 to 4°C

Matrix Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 245-253

  Zafarullah, Khaja ^a,b   Sieron, Aleksander L ^a,c   Fertala, Andrzej ^a,c   Tromp, Gerard ^a,d   Kuivaniemi, Helena ^a,d   Prockop, Darwin J ^a,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PROCOLLAGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DELETION MUTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031282322     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(97)90013-5     Document Type: Article

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