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COL4A6 gene

Known as: COLLAGEN, TYPE IV, ALPHA-6, COL4A6, COLLAGEN OF BASEMENT MEMBRANE, ALPHA-6 
This gene plays a role in the compositional regulation of basement membranes.
National Institutes of Health

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Cell AdhesionCell MovementCollagen IV (Alpha 6)Leiomyomatosis

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2017
2017
[Detection of large deletions in X linked Alport syndrome using competitive multiplex fluorescence polymerase chain reaction].
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of multiplex competitive fluorescence polymerase chain reaction in detection of large deletion… 
1996
1996
Identification of 17 mutations in ten exons in the COL4A5 collagen gene, but no mutations found in four exons in COL4A6: a study of 250 patients with hematuria and suspected of having Alport syndrome…
Conditions for polymerase chain-reaction amplification of ten exon regions (Exons 3, 7, 11 through 13, and 15 through 19) of the… 
1996
1996
Structure of the human type IV collagen COL4A6 gene, which is mutated in Alport syndrome-associated leiomyomatosis.
Basement membrane (type IV) collagen, a subfamily of the collagen protein family, is encoded by six distinct genes in mammals… 
1995
1995
Isolation and Structure of the COL4A6 Gene Encoding the Human α6(IV) Collagen Chain and Comparison with Other Type IV Collagen Genes (*)
The genes COL4A5 and COL4A6, coding for the basement membrane collagen chains, α5(IV) and α6(IV), respectively, are located head… 
1995
1995
Major COL4A5 gene rearrangements in patients with juvenile type Alport syndrome.
Mutations in the COL4A5 gene, which encodes the a5 chain of type IV collagen, are found in a large fraction of patients with X… 
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
The genes COL4A5 and COL4A6, coding for basement membrane collagen chains alpha 5(IV) and alpha 6(IV), are located head-to-head in close proximity on human chromosome Xq22 and COL4A6 is transcribed…
The genes for the alpha 5(IV) and alpha 6(IV) chains of human basement membrane collagen type IV have been found together on… 
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