Mutations in Type 1 Procollagen That Cause Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Effects of the Mutations on the Assembly of Collagen into Fibrils, the Basis of Phenotypic Variations, and Potential Antisense Therapies

Work by a large number of investigators over the last decade has established that over 90% of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta have mutations in one of the two genes for type I procollagen, that most unrelated probands have different mutations in the genes, and that the mutations found in most of the serious variants of the disease cause synthesis of abnormal pro alpha chains of the protein. The results have demonstrated that synthesis of...