Patent 7279329 was granted and assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, which encodes a collagenous (COL1) domain and a C-terminal noncollagenous (NC1) domain of type XXI collagen. Expression systems and methods for the expression of the DNA molecule are also provided.