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pubmed-21096522008-05-01 Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils Articles Reconstituted cartilage collagen fibrils with an oblique banding pattern or with two types of symmetrical patterns, and reconstituted rattail tendon fibrils with a third type of symmetrical pattern were examined by electron microscopy and found to consist of narrow subfibrils having native-type cross-striations. Analysis of the four types of patterns by a graphic method of specific band matching revealed the orientation and axial relation of individual subfibrils and their component molecules. In fibrils with an oblique pattern, subfibrils have the same orientation and a regular 100A axial displacement. Observations on staining characteristics, folded fibrils, and transverse sections of embedded fibrils suggest that the obliquely banded fibrils are ribbonlike or layered structures. In the three types of fibrils with a symmetrical pattern, adjacent subfibrils are oppositely oriented and aligned within a 119-A segment of the 670-A major period. Considered together, the observations suggest that interaction sites on the surface of subfibrils (and perhaps on the surface of native collagen fibrils) occur in various patterns that are manifested accouding to the nature of the environment during fibril formation, and that such patterns can be mapped on the surface of subfibrils by noting the arrangement of subfibrils in polymorphic forms. The Rockefeller University Press 1976-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2109652/ /pubmed/67116 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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English
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Online
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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supramolecular structure of polymorphic collagen fibrils
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Reconstituted cartilage collagen fibrils with an oblique banding pattern or with two types of symmetrical patterns, and reconstituted rattail tendon fibrils with a third type of symmetrical pattern were examined by electron microscopy and found to consist of narrow subfibrils having native-type cross-striations. Analysis of the four types of patterns by a graphic method of specific band matching revealed the orientation and axial relation of individual subfibrils and their component molecules. In fibrils with an oblique pattern, subfibrils have the same orientation and a regular 100A axial displacement. Observations on staining characteristics, folded fibrils, and transverse sections of embedded fibrils suggest that the obliquely banded fibrils are ribbonlike or layered structures. In the three types of fibrils with a symmetrical pattern, adjacent subfibrils are oppositely oriented and aligned within a 119-A segment of the 670-A major period. Considered together, the observations suggest that interaction sites on the surface of subfibrils (and perhaps on the surface of native collagen fibrils) occur in various patterns that are manifested accouding to the nature of the environment during fibril formation, and that such patterns can be mapped on the surface of subfibrils by noting the arrangement of subfibrils in polymorphic forms.
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The Rockefeller University Press
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1976
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2109652/
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