The fine structure of developing unit collagenous fibrils in the chick.
The fine structure of developing unit collagenous fibrils in the chick.
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雏鸡中正在发育的单位胶原原纤维的精细结构。
DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001400209
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发表时间:
1974
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通讯作者:
F. N. Low
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作者:
D. Morse;F. N. Low
Perivertebral cervical connective tissue was taken from chick embryos of incubation ages from 72 hours through hatching and from 4, 8, 12, and 16 week old chicks. Preparations for electron microscopy were routine except for en bloc staining with 5% aqueous uranyl acetate. Collagenase digestions of thin sections confirmed the presence of tropocollagen in banded extracellular fibrils.
Banding becomes demonstrable in fibrils at about seven days but repeating units cannot be measured. Close to connective tissue cells the banded material is present in wide sheets. Partially banded fibrils (250 A wide) physically related to microfibrils are present in acellular regions. Growth in fibril diameter is slow through the second week (up to 300 A) but increases nearly 200 A on days 14 and 15. Fibrils larger than 500 A resist uranium and lead staining following the period of accelerated growth. Smaller fibrils (< 500 A) continue to stain well. A basic banding pattern of measurable periodicity is established by the eighth day. This consists of a major doublet, two minor doublets, and two singlets. The intraperiod distance does not change significantly with growth (510 A average). Additional bands near the first minor doublet and singlets of the basic pattern are first clearly demonstrable at 14 and 15 days. Ambiguities in banding and period length are believed to be due to plane of section, interference with detail by other fibrils and flaky amorphous material or possibly to differential shrinkage along the length of a single fibril.