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Tero Pihlajamaa
Researcher at Thomas Jefferson University
Publications - 4
Citations - 658
Tero Pihlajamaa is an academic researcher from Thomas Jefferson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Exon. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 644 citations.
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An Allele of COL9A2 Associated with Intervertebral Disc Disease
Susanna Annunen,Petteri Paassilta,Jaana Lohiniva,Merja Perälä,Tero Pihlajamaa,Jaro Karppinen,Osmo Tervonen,Heikki Kröger,Seppo Lähde,Heikki Vanharanta,Lasse Ryhänen,Harald H H Göring,Jurg Ott,Jurg Ott,Darwin J. Prockop,Leena Ala-Kokko +15 more
TL;DR: The COL9A2 gene, which codes for one of the polypeptide chains of collagen IX that is expressed in the intervertebral disc, was screened for sequence variations in individuals with interverTEbral disc disease and identified a putative disease-causing sequence variation that converted a codon for glutamine to one for tryptophan.
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Conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis for simple and accurate detection of mutations: Comparison with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and nucleotide sequencing
TL;DR: In a survey of 736 alleles of collagen genes, CSGE detected 223 unique single-base mismatches that were confirmed by nucleotide sequencing and has the advantage over other methods for scanning PCR products in that it is simple, requires no special preparation of PCR products, has a large capacity, and does not use radioactivity.
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The human COL11A2 gene structure indicates that the gene has not evolved with the genes for the major fibrillar collagens
TL;DR: The human COL11A2 gene was analyzed from two overlapping cosmid clones that were previously isolated in the course of searching the human major histocompatibility region and indicated that the gene structure had not evolved with the genes for the major fibrillar collagens in that there were marked differences in the number of exons, the exon sizes, and codon usage.