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Figure 1 | Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair

Figure 1

From: Inhibition of collagen fibril formation

Figure 1

Electron microscopy of a single procollagen molecule and a collagen fibril formed in vitro by self-assembly of collagen molecules. A procollagen molecule, 300 nm in length, consists of the triple-helical domain flanked with the N propeptide and the C propeptide. Upon cleavage of the propeptides by specific enzymes, collagen molecules self-assemble to form collagen fibrils.

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