Present and future research on collagen and genes for collagen. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The research on collagen is about to enter a new and exciting phase. The major reason for this conviction is that we now have an impressive fund of information about the basic chemistry and biochemistry of the protein. The availability of this information has two consequences. One is that we can now design and carry out experiments on the biology of the protein and diseases affecting it which could not have been undertaken until recently. The other consequence is that collagen has now become a prime target for applying the dramatic, new technologies involving recombinant DNA.

published proceedings

  • Med Biol

author list (cited authors)

  • Prockop, D. J.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Prockop, DJ

publication date

  • December 1980