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The Tetragonal Structure of Collagen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

E. H. Shaw Jr. ,
T. M. Laengle  and
Howard Coker
E. H. Shaw Jr.
Affiliation:
The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069
T. M. Laengle
Affiliation:
The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069
Howard Coker
Affiliation:
The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069
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Abstract

The normal hexagonal structure of collagen is rearranged to tetragonal by treatraent of rat-tail tendon with two molar tetra-methylammonium chloride. The tetragonal parameters are a = 19.9 and c = 29.6A. Quite regular packing is indicated by the clarity of the X-ray diffractogram. The diffractogram clarity is greatly improved with respect to the collagen treated only with saline solution, and is considerably improved with respect to collagen oriented by cross-linking with aliphatic diols.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 16: 'Twenty-First Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 2-4, 1972 , 1972 , pp. 146 - 149
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1972

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