the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
Examples of 'tropocollagen' in a sentence
tropocollagen
No disruption of the triple helix secondary structure of tropocollagen was observed.
Gilberto Goissis, Júlio C. Góes 1997, 'Géis de colágeno aniônico: ransana como biomateriais. Preparação e caracterizaçãofísico-química Anionic collagen: rhamsan gels as biomaterials. Preparation and physicochemicalcharacterization', Polímeroshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14281997000300006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)