tropocollagen /tro·po·col·la·gen/ (tro″po-kol´ah-jen) the basic structural unit of all forms of collagen; it is a helical structure of three polypeptides wound around each other.
tropocollagen
tro·po·col·la·gen (tr  p -k l -jn, trp-)n. The molecular component of a collagen fiber, consisting of three polypeptide chains coiled around each other. |
tropocollagen
[trop′əkol′əjən]
Etymology: Gk, trepein, to turn, kolla, glue, genein, to produce
fundamental units of collagen fibrils obtained by prolonged extraction of insoluble collagen with dilute acid.
tropocollagen
the molecular unit of all forms of collagen; it is a helical structure of three polypeptides.
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