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The ADAMTS/Fibrillin Connection: Insights into the Biological Functions of ADAMTS10 and ADAMTS17 and Their Respective Sister Proteases

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2020
Secreted a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif (ADAMTS) proteases play crucial roles in tissue development and homeostasis.
Stylianos Z. Karoulias   +3 more
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Nanostructural deformation of high-stiffness spruce wood under tension

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Conifer wood is an exceptionally stiff and strong material when its cellulose microfibrils are well aligned. However, it is not well understood how the polymer components cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin co-operate to resist tensile stress in wood ...
Lynne H. Thomas   +6 more
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Fibrillin microfibrils in bone physiology [PDF]

open access: yesMatrix Biology, 2016
The severe skeletal abnormalities associated with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) underscore the notion that fibrillin assemblies (microfibrils and elastic fibers) play a critical role in bone formation and function in spite of representing a low abundance component of skeletal matrices.
Silvia, Smaldone, Francesco, Ramirez
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Cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants

open access: yesActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
Knowledge of the control and regulation of cellulose synthesis is fundamental to an understanding of plant development since cellulose is the primary structural component of plant cell walls.
Krystyna Kudlicka, R. M. Brown, Jr
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Microfibrillar cardiomyopathy: A rare case

open access: yesIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2011
Microfibrillar cardiomyopathy is a very rare cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM). The index case was a male patient who presented with shortness of breath and pedal edema. Further clinical investigations favored a clinical diagnosis of RCM.
Narender Kumar, Ruma Ray
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THE SIZE OF THE CELLULOSE MICROFIBRIL [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Cell Biology, 1963
Recently the lateral width of the cellulose microfibril has been estimated as 30 A rather than about 150 to 200 A, by extrapolation of data from model shadowing experiments. The difference was attributed to a layer of metal deposited during shadowing.
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Buckling of sheared and compressed microfibrils [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of The Royal Society Interface, 2010
In this paper, we study the stability of an initially straight elastic fibril clamped at one end, while the other end is subjected to a constant normal compressive force and a prescribed shear displacement. We found the buckling load of a sheared fibril to be always less than the Euler buckling load. Furthermore, if the end of the fibril loses adhesion,
Nichole, Nadermann   +3 more
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Composite Gels Containing Whey Protein Fibrils and Bacterial Cellulose Microfibrils [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this study, we investigated the gelation of WPI fibrils in the presence of bacterial cellulose (BC) microfibrils at pH 2 upon prolonged heating. Rheology and microstructure were investigated as a function of BC microfibril concentration.
Krassimir P. Velikov   +17 more
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Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced with Polysaccharide Nanocrystals

open access: yesMolecules, 2010
Aqueous suspensions of polysaccharide (cellulose, chitin or starch) nanocrystals can be prepared by acid hydrolysis of biomass. The main problem with their practical use is related to the homogeneous dispersion of these nanoparticles within a polymeric ...
Alain Dufresne
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Direct Measurement of Plant Cellulose Microfibril and Bundles in Native Cell Walls

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Plants use rigid cellulose together with non-cellulosic matrix polymers to build cell walls. Cellulose microfibrils comprise linear β(1,4)-glucan chains packed through inter- and intra-chain hydrogen-bonding networks and van der Waals forces.
Bo Song   +9 more
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