Twisted plywood pattern of collagen fibrils in teleost scales: An X-ray diffraction investigation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-143

  Bigi, Adriana ^a   Burghammer, Manfred ^b   Falconi, Rosanna ^a   Koch, Michel H J ^c   Panzavolta, Silvia ^a   Riekel, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Collagen fibrils; Plywood structure; Scales; Synchrotron radiation; X ray microdiffraction

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN SCALE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; OSTEICHTHYES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0035782957     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4426     Document Type: Article

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