Twisted fibrils are a structural principle in the assembly of interstitial collagens, chordae tendineae included.
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X-ray diffraction analysis of connective tissue samples, which contain type I and type III collagen shows that twisted collagen fibrils are a general principle of assembly. The occurrence of twisted fibrils in native wet Chordae tendineae, skin and Aorta is combined with a shorter axial periodicity of about 65 nm. This shorter D period is shown to be directly related to the tilt of the molecules, which have to be curved to build-up twisted fibrils.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences
دوره 42 11-12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987