Collagen, type XXVIII, alpha 1

{{Short description|Protein found in humans}} {{Infobox_gene}}

'''Collagen, type XXVIII, alpha 1''' also known as '''COL28A1''' is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COL28A1'' gene.<ref name="pmid16330543">{{cite journal | vauthors = Veit G, Kobbe B, Keene DR, Paulsson M, Koch M, Wagener R | title = Collagen XXVIII, a novel von Willebrand factor A domain-containing protein with many imperfections in the collagenous domain | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 281 | issue = 6 | pages = 3494–504 | date = Feb 2006 | pmid = 16330543 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M509333200 | doi-access = free }}</ref> This protein belongs to a class of collagens that contain von Willebrand factor type A domains.<ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = COL28A1 collagen, type XXVIII, alpha 1 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene - NCBI|url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/340267|website = www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|accessdate = 2015-09-25}}</ref> The protein is encoded by the ''COL28A1'' gene which contains 45 exons and is found of the p arm of chromosome 7.<ref name="entrez"/>

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Category:Collagens