The collagen fibril: The almost crystalline structure
The collagen fibril: The almost crystalline structure
复制标题
DOI:
10.1006/jsbi.1998.3976
复制
发表时间:
1998-01-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Fertala, A
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Prockop, DJ;Fertala, A
The structure of collagen fibrils has intrigued many investigators over the years. A crystal structure has been available for some time, but the crystal structure has been difficult to reconcile with other observations about collagen fibrils such as their roundness and their growth from paraboloidal tips. Several alternative models recently have been suggested, but none of them fully account for all the data. One recent approach to solving the fibrillar structure is to define specific binding sites on the collagen monomer that direct self-assembly of monomers into fibrils. (C) 1998 Academic Press.