COL10A1
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Collagen alpha-1 chain is a protein
Protein
Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...

 that in humans is encoded by the COL10A1 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...

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DDR2 is a collagen receptor
Collagen receptor
Collagen receptors are membrane proteins that bind the extracellular matrix protein collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals.. They may enable adhesion between cells and/or propagate signals into the cell.There are at least eight human collagen receptors...

for it.

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