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Bowstring Stretching and Quantitative Imaging of Single Collagen Fibrils via Atomic Force Microscopy

Collagen is the primary structural protein in animals. Serving as nanoscale biological ropes, collagen fibrils are responsible for providing strength to a variety of connective tissues such as tendon, skin, and bone. Understanding structure-function relationships in collagenous tissues requires the...

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Autores principales: Quigley, Andrew S., Veres, Samuel P., Kreplak, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5012574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27598334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161951