Evidence that collagen fibrils in tendons are inhomogeneously structured in a tubelike manner

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2593-2598

  Gutsmann, Thomas ^a   Fantner, Georg E ^a   Venturoni, Manuela ^a   Ekani Nkodo, Axel ^a   Thompson, James B ^a   Kindt, Johannes H ^a   Morse, Daniel E ^a   Fygenson, Deborah Kuchnir ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROMANIPULATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; TENDON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037380983     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75064-4     Document Type: Article

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