Studies of the optical birefringence of solutions of acid-soluble collagen from rat-tail tendon a t 22Β°C in the pH range 1.0-6.0 show that collagen exhibits an isotropic to mesophase transition only between pH 2.4 and 3.0 a t 10% weight concentration. Such liquid crystalline order is probably essent
Molecular liquid crystalline organisation of collagen in physiological conditions
β Scribed by Raquel Martin; David Hulmes; Jean Farjanel; Marie-Madeleine Giraud-Guille
- Book ID
- 114192163
- Publisher
- Portland Press
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0248-4900
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