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Disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency. The effects are due to a failure of the hydroxylation of proline residues in collagen synthesis and the consequent failure of fibroblasts to produce mature collagen.
See: hydroxyproline.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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