title: Cartilage collagen: a staggered substructure in reconstituted fibrils.
abstract: In contrast to the typical transverse banding pattern of native and reconstituted skin collagen fibrils, reconstituted fibrils of cartilage collagen have an oblique banding pattern that results from a regular axial shift (89 angstroms) of component "subfibrils." The 89-angstrom shift may be related to the major helix of the collagen molecule.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000032:analysis*; D002645:Chickens; D003094:Collagen; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen