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fibrous protein

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fibrous protein [′fī·brəs ′prō‚tēn]
(biochemistry)
Any of a class of highly insoluble proteins representing the principal structural elements of many animal tissues.


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The natural fibrous proteins, such as collagen, that make up the body's scaffolding have diameters in the range of hundreds of nanometers to a few micrometers.
This mutation affects the body's ability to make collagen, a fibrous protein that builds a framework of connective tissue in skin, bones, cartilage (bone-connecting tissue), and tendons (tissues that connect muscles to bones).
Schmidt, whose background is in physical and analytical chemistry, began working with feather keratin because he was studying another fibrous protein, collagen, and wanted to compare the physical properties of the two.
 
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