Cellulose and collagen: From fibres to tissues

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-39

  Fratzl, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone; Cell wall; Cellulose; Collagen; Fibril; Self assembly; Tendon; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; DEFORMATION; MOLECULES; PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL STRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN;

BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE; COLLAGEN; POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE; CARTILAGE; CELL WALL; CORNEA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENTIN; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLANT FIBER; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SKIN; TENDON; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038714394     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00011-6     Document Type: Review

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