List of original articles

This thesis is based on the following articles, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals:

I Hägg, P.M., Muona, A., Liétard, J., Kivirikko, S. & Pihlajaniemi, T. (1998) Complete Exon-Intron Organization of the Human Gene for the α1 Chain of Type XV Collagen (COL15A1) and Comparison with the Homologous Col18a1 Gene. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 17824-17831.

II Eklund, L., Muona, A., Liétard, J. & Pihlajaniemi, T. (2000) Structure of the mouse type XV collagen gene, Col15a1, comparison with the human COL15A1 gene and functional analysis of the promoters of both genes. Matrix Biol. 19: 489-500.

III Muona, A., Eklund, L., Väisänen, T. & Pihlajaniemi, T. (2001) Developmentally regulated expression of type XV collagen correlates with changes in Col15a1-/- mice. Matrix Biol., in press.

IV Muona, A., Eklund, L., Hannula, K., Kontusaari, S., Fässler, R. & Pihlajaniemi, T. (2001) Generation of transgenic mice expressing truncated type XV collagen. Manuscript.