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Abstract
Assembly in vitro of the native collagen fibril is a multistep process involving an initial intermediate of unknown structure, linear growth of thin filaments, lateral growth to form the fibril, and stabilization by covalent crosslinks. A model for the structure of the fibril is proposed consisting of a substructure of five-stranded microfibrils laterally compressed to place molecules in cross section on a near-hexagonal lattice.Mesh:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6216065 DOI: 10.3109/03008208209034403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Connect Tissue Res ISSN: 0300-8207 Impact factor: 3.417