Structure and Function of Recombinant Procollagens

Prockop, Darwin Johnson

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 7R01AR043366-02
• Application #: 2083063
• Study Section: Pathobiochemistry Study Section (PBC)
• Project Start: 1996-03-01
• Project End: 1999-11-30
• Budget Start: 1996-07-01
• Budget End: 1996-11-30
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: Allegheny University of Health Sciences
• Type: Organized Research Units
• City: Philadelphia
• State: PA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 19129

Publications

Prockop, D J (1999) Hopkins Memorial Medal lecture. Pleasant surprises en route from the biochemistry of collagen to attempts at gene therapy. Biochem Soc Trans 27:15-31

Adachi, E; Katsumata, O; Yamashina, S et al. (1999) Collagen II containing a Cys substitution for Arg-alpha1-519. Analysis by atomic force microscopy demonstrates that mutated monomers alter the topography of the surface of collagen II fibrils. Matrix Biol 18:189-96

Prockop, D J; Fertala, A (1998) The collagen fibril: the almost crystalline structure. J Struct Biol 122:111-8