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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 84, 期 4, 页码 2593-2598出版社
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75064-4
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM065354, GM65354] Funding Source: Medline
The standard model for the structure of collagen in tendon is an ascending hierarchy of bundling. Collagen triple helices bundle into microfibrils, microfibrils bundle into subfibrils, and subfibrils bundle into fibrils, the basic structural unit of tendon. This model, developed primarily on the basis of x-ray diffraction results, is necessarily vague about the cross-sectional organization of fibrils and has led to the widespread assumption of laterally homogeneous closepacking. This assumption is inconsistent with data presented here. Using atomic force microscopy and micromanipulation, we observe how collagen fibrils from tendons behave mechanically as tubes. We conclude that the collagen fibril is an inhomogeneous structure composed of a relatively hard shell and a softer, less dense core.
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