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Consideration of evidence of the mode of polymerization of collagen monomers provides a more detailed picture of the three-dimensional organization of the fibrils in a collagen fibre.
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VEIS, A., ANESEY, J. & MUSSELL, S. A Limiting Microfibril Model for the Three-dimensional Arrangement within Collagen Fibres. Nature 215, 931–934 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215931a0
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