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Molecular Packing in Collagen

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X-ray diffraction suggests an intermediate level of organization in collagen fibrils: a grouping of the tropocollagen molecules into five-stranded ropes.

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MILLER, A., WRAY, J. Molecular Packing in Collagen. Nature 230, 437–439 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230437a0

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