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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"native collagen"”.
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Improving Collagen-Mimetic Fibrils to Study Fibrillogenesis and Effects of Disease-Causing Mutations on Fibrillogenesis
<p>Collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, serves as the scaffold of connective tissue and has biomaterial applications to promote wound healing. The need to study collagen further stems from a disease perspective, as mutations in collagen lead to numerous connective tissue diseases. …
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Development of Collagen Mimetic Mini-Fibrils with Tunable Collagenase Susceptibility
<p>Collagen fibrils are the primary molecular scaffold of all connective tissues and provide the essential support for cell migration and differentiation. Collagen fibrils represent one of the most complex molecular hierarchies: three polypeptide chains in Gly-Xaa-Yaa repeating amino acid …
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Collagen-mimetic peptides for diagnosis and analysis
Collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, is an essential scaffold for tissue development, regulation, and homeostasis. As a major structural component of the extracellular matrix, collagen is not static. Rather, it is highly diverse and dynamic, actively participating in tissue …
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Design of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides
<p>Collagen is the major component of the extracellular matrix and is involved in a wide range of cellular functions during tissue development and action. At the core of the diverse functions of this versatile protein is its remarkable ability to form supramolecular structures through self-assembly …
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Structural Analysis of Reconstituted Collagen Type I - Heparin Cofibrils
… tunable viscoelastic properties, comprised of 2 native ECM components like collagen type I and the GAG heparin, is presented here. Although the individual components comply with the adhesive, mechanical and bioinductive requirements for artificial reconstituted ECMs, their interaction and …
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Atomic Force Microscopic, Electron Spectroscopic Imaging and Molecular Simulation Investigations of the Assembly and Structures of Collagen Constructs
Collagen is one of the major protein constituents in mammals and is present in all tissues and organs with the exceptions of keratin tissues such as hair and nails. Collagen monomers self-aggregate into a number of structures. In order to understand the physical bases for the structural …