Collagen as a model for the study of radiation induced side effects: use of image processing.
Collagen can be used as a model system for studying the effects of radiation on a protein. Quantitative studies of collagen fibrils from electron-optical images from radiated and non-radiated material can produce information not only about the structural effects produced by radiation, but also about the actual part of the fibril being affected.
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Laboratory of Medical Physics, Medical School, Ioannina University, PO Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. mtzaphli@cc.uoi.gr
D000818:Animals; D024022:Fibrillar Collagens / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological
D024022:Fibrillar Collagens