The macromolecular structure of collagen in tendon fibres of dermatosparactic animals.
Small-angle x-ray diffraction spectra of dermatosparactic tendon collagen show a decreased intensity of the first order reflection. We interprete this finding to be due to the N-terminal propeptide which fills the intermolecular gap region partially.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis*; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012756:Sheep; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D003094:Collagen