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. 2017 Jan 11;12(1):e0170023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170023

Fig 1. Sequence alignment between the alpha-1 chain of type III collagen in humans, rats and mice.

Fig 1

The antibody recognizes the neo-epitope starting from residue 642 to 651 in the human protein (ie, GLPGTGGPPG). 90% homology was observed for the human and mouse sequence due to an amino acid change at the second residue in the target sequence (L → I). 80% sequence homology was observed between the human and rat sequence due to two amino acid changes at the second (L → I) and sixth (G → S) position of the target sequence.