Fibrillar Structure and Mechanical Properties of Collagen

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FibrilCollagen fibrilBiophysicsStrain (injury)TendonStress (linguistics)ChemistryCrystallographyMaterials scienceAnatomyBiology

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Year: 1998
Type: review
Volume: 122
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 119-122
Citations: 651
Access: Closed

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                                    Peter Fratzl, 
                                
                                    K. Misof, 
                                
                                    Ivo Žižak
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Fibrillar Structure and Mechanical Properties of Collagen. 
                            Journal of Structural Biology
                            , 122
                            (1-2)
                            , 119-122.
                            https://doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.1998.3966
                        

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DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3966