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In vivo, Extracellular, Collagen Fibrillogenesis

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In vitro collagen fibrillogenesis has been demonstrated by investigators1–3 from solutions of collagen obtained by various means. This communication presents what we believe to be the first evidence for extracellular, in vivo, aggregation of collagen fibrils.

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  1. RUSSELL ROSS: Special Research Fellow (DF-9053), N.I.D.R., at the time this work was done.

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ROSS, R., BENDITT, E. In vivo, Extracellular, Collagen Fibrillogenesis. Nature 197, 395–396 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197395a0

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