Procollagen propeptide release by procollagen peptidases and bacterial collagenase.

Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

1970 • 253,849 citations

A Film Detection Method for Tritium‐Labelled Proteins and Nucleic Acids in Polyacrylamide Gels

1974 • 8,693 citations

Quantitative Film Detection of 3H and 14C in Polyacrylamide Gels by Fluorography

1975 • 4,693 citations

Use of a mixture of proteinase-free collagenases for the specific assay of radioactive collagen in the presence of other proteins

1971 • 1,396 citations

Biosynthesis of Procollagen

1978 • 452 citations

The Primary Structure of Collagen

1976 • 349 citations

Correlation of procollagen mRNA levels in normal and transformed chick embryo fibroblasts with different rates of procollagen synthesis

1978 • 292 citations

Procollagen Peptidase: An Enzyme Excising the Coordination Peptides of Procollagen

1971 • 232 citations

Isolation, Chemical and Electron Microscopical Characterization of Neutral-Salt-Soluble Type III Collagen and Procollagen from Fetal Bovine Skin

1975 • 144 citations

A hereditary dysplasia of collagen tissues in sheep

1974 • 143 citations

The Role of Cis-Trans Isomerization of Peptide Bonds in the Coil Triple Helix Conversion of Collagen

1978 • 134 citations

Procollagen: biological scission of amino and carboxyl extension peptides.

1975 • 132 citations

Purification and characterization of a peptide from the carboxy-terminal region of chick tendon procollagen type I

1977 • 130 citations

Separate amino and carboxyl procollagen peptidases in chick embryo tendon.

1979 • 129 citations

Protein Assembly of Procollagen and Effects of Hydroxylation

1974 • 123 citations

Three Conformationally Distinct Domains in the Amino-Terminal Segment of Type III Procollagen and Its Rapid Triple Helix Coil Transition

1978 • 123 citations

Amino-terminal extensions on skin collagen from sheep with a genetic defect in conversion of procollagen into collagen

1976 • 112 citations

Intracellular Collagen and Protocollagen from Embryonic Tendon Cells

1973 • 103 citations

Interchain disulfide bonds in procollagen are located in a large nontriple-helical COOH-terminal domain.

1975 • 99 citations

Procollagen segment-long-spacing crystallites: their role in collagen fibrillogenesis.

1979 • 98 citations

A Transport Form of Collagen from Embryonic Tendon: Electron Microscopic Demonstration of an NH ₂ -Terminal Extension and Evidence Suggesting the Presence of Cystine in the Molecule

1972 • 98 citations

Procollagen: Conversion of the Precursor to Collagen by a Neutral Protease

1972 • 80 citations

Calf Tendon Procollagen Peptidase: Its Purification and Endopeptidase Mode of Action

1974 • 79 citations

Intermediates in the limited proteolytic conversion of procollagen to collagen

1975 • 71 citations

Characterization of the Amino-Terminal Segment in Type III Procollagen

1976 • 71 citations

Procollagen peptidase: Its mode of action on the native substrate

1975 • 69 citations

Procollagen assembly and secretion in embryonic chick bone.

1975 • 68 citations

Procollagen: Intermediate Forms Containing Several Types of Peptide Chains and Non-Collagen Peptide Extensions at NH ₂ and COOH Ends

1974 • 68 citations

Characterization of type III procollagen from chick embryo blood vessels.

1979 • 65 citations

Electronoptical studies of procollagen from the skin of dermatosparaxic calves

1971 • 61 citations

Segment-long-spacing aggregates and isolation of COOH-terminal peptides from type I procollagen.

1976 • 56 citations

Isolation of a Disulfide-stabilized, Three-Chain Polypeptide Fragment Unique to the Precursor of Human Collagen

1973 • 56 citations

Intermediates in the Conversion of Procollagen to Collagen

1977 • 52 citations

Characterization of procollagen-derived peptides unique to the precursor molecule

1975 • 46 citations

Evidence for an Amino-Terminal Extension in High-Molecular-Weight Collagens from Mature Bovine Skin

1973 • 45 citations

Physical properties of the amino-terminal precursor-specific portion of type I procollagen

1977 • 44 citations

The role of glycosylation in the enzymatic conversion of procollagen to collagen: Studies using tunicamycin and concanavalin A

1978 • 39 citations

Recommendations concerning the use of bacterial collagenase for isolating collagen-associated molecules from tissues

1973 • 38 citations

A method for assaying the activity of the endopeptidase which excises the nonhelical carboxyterminal extensions from type I procollagen

1978 • 36 citations

The immunology of procollagen

1973 • 33 citations

Characterization of the amino‐terminal segment in procollagen pα2 chain from dermatosparactic sheep

1977 • 29 citations

The processing of procollagen in cultures of human and mouse fibroblasts

1976 • 27 citations