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Liquid crystallinity in collagen systems in vitro and in vivo

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Collagens are unique triple helical proteins present in large quantities in a fibrillar form in tissues like tendon, bone, skin, cornea, where type I collagen predominates. The passage from triple helical molecules to fibrils obeys to controlled assembly properties, both in vitro by pH raise and in vivo through enzymatic control. The passage from individual fibrils to ordered fibrillar arrays could rely on self-assembly processes as suggested by the liquid crystalline properties of collagen. The present review considers this question recalling the liquid crystalline ordering properties of collagen or procollagen at high concentrations and the question of molecular packing within fibrils. The presence of alignments, undulations and twist at a suprafibrillar level will be described both from basic data in living tissues and recent experiments in self assembled materials. The possible link between laboratory experiences and biological processes will be discussed.

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hal-00277249 , version 1 (05-05-2008)

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Marie-Madeleine Giraud-Guille, Gervaise Mosser, Emmanuel Belamie. Liquid crystallinity in collagen systems in vitro and in vivo. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2008, 13 (4), pp.303-313. ⟨10.1016/j.cocis.2008.03.002⟩. ⟨hal-00277249⟩
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