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Collagen: An Overview

  • Maria G. Patino
  • , Mirdza E. Neiders
  • , Sebastiano Andreana
  • , Bernice Noble
  • , Robert E. Cohen
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Collagen is a versatile material with biological properties that make it useful for the fabrication of implantable devices in medicine and dentistry. In this article we review collagen biosynthesis, structure, and types, as well as the properties that make it compatible with human tissues.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)280-285
Number of pages6
JournalImplant Dentistry
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Basement membrane
  • Collagen structure
  • Collagen synthesis
  • Collagen types
  • Fibrillar collagen
  • Review
  • Tropocollagen

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