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. 1960 Jun;75(3):588–598. doi: 10.1042/bj0750588

The formation of fibrils from collagen solutions 1. The effect of experimental conditions: kinetic and electron-microscope studies*

G C Wood 1,†, M K Keech 1,‡
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