Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Normal and Collagen IX Null Mouse Cartilage Reveals Altered Extracellular Matrix Composition and Novel Components of the Collagen IX Interactome

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grants BR2304/5-1, BR2304/7-1, and ZA561/2-1.We thank Mats Paulsson for critical reading of this manuscript and Paul O'Donnell (Bio21 institute, University of Melbourne) for assistance in analyzing excised proteins by mass spectrometry. Access to proteomic infrastructure funding in the QIMR Protein Discovery Centre was made possible through the Australian Government National Collaborative Infrastructure Scheme (NCRIS) provided via Bioplatforms Australia and the Queensland State Government.