Collagen structure of tendon relates to function

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 404-420

  Franchi, Marco ^a   Trirè, Alessandra ^a   Quaranta, Marilisa ^a   Orsini, Ester ^a   Ottani, Vittoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen; Crimps; Electron microscopy; Fibrils; Tendon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DECORIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN;

CARTILAGE CELL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRETCHING; TENDON; TENDON SHEATH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34047242983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.92     Document Type: Review

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