FACIT collagen

FACIT collagen (Fibril Associated Collagens with Interrupted Triple helices [ [http://db.yeastgenome.org/cgi-bin/GO/go.pl?goid=5593 GO term: FACIT collagen ] ] ) refers to a type of collagen which is also a proteoglycan. [http://biol.lancs.ac.uk/gig/pages/pg/facit.htm FACIT - Collagens which are proteoglycnas ] ]

FACIT collagens include collagen types IX, XII, XIV, XIX, ] and XXI. [cite journal |author=Fitzgerald J, Bateman J |title=A new FACIT of the collagen family: COL21A1 |journal=FEBS Lett |volume=505 |issue=2 |pages=275–80 |year=2001 |pmid=11566190 |doi=10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02754-5] [cite journal |author=Tuckwell D |title=Identification and analysis of collagen alpha 1(XXI), a novel member of the FACIT collagen family |journal=Matrix Biol |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=63–6 |year=2002 |pmid=11827793 |doi=10.1016/S0945-053X(01)00176-7]

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