Tissue
collagen fibril
col·la·gen fi·bril
Definitions related to collagen fibril:
  • Part of the infrastructure of the collagen fiber. Individual collagen polypeptides assemble into trimers that that assemble into a fibril, which then form a fiber.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (banded collagen fibril) A supramolecular assembly of fibrillar collagen complexes in the form of a long fiber (fibril) with transverse striations (bands).
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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