title: Genomic organization of the human procollagen alpha 1(II) collagen gene.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the human procollagen alpha 1(II) collagen gene extending from within the first intron through exon 15, and part of the 15th intron has been determined. This sequence analysis (7056 bases) identifies the intron/exon organization of the region of this gene encoding the N-propeptide and part of the triple-helical domain. Structural comparison of this with the genes of other human fibrillar collagens shows considerable diversity in terms of size and number of introns and exons that encodes the N-propeptide domain. Although the genomic structure of the human procollagen alpha 1(II) gene is quite different from the rat procollagen alpha 1(II) gene, the nucleotide coding sequences are 89% identical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Seyer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Spinella
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cheah
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D005796:Genes; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011347:Procollagen / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D011347:Procollagen; D003094:Collagen