Leena Ala‐Kokko

Mapping the Ligand-binding Sites and Disease-associated Mutations on the Most Abundant Protein in the Human, Type I Collagen

Gloria A. Di Lullo, Shawn M. Sweeney, Jarmo Körkkö et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2002 · 897 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

An Allele of <i>COL9A2</i> Associated with Intervertebral Disc Disease

Susanna Annunen, Petteri Paassilta, Jaana Lohiniva et al. · Science · 1999 · 365 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Stop codon in the procollagen II gene (COL2A1) in a family with the Stickler syndrome (arthro-ophthalmopathy).

N N Ahmad, Leena Ala‐Kokko, Robert G. Knowlton et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 319 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

Candidate Cell and Matrix Interaction Domains on the Collagen Fibril, the Predominant Protein of Vertebrates

Shawn M. Sweeney, Joseph Orgel, Andrzej Fertala et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2008 · 293 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Single base mutation in the type II procollagen gene (COL2A1) as a cause of primary osteoarthritis associated with a mild chondrodysplasia.

Leena Ala‐Kokko, Clinton T. Baldwin, Roland W. Moskowitz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 282 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17