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. 2009 Sep 13;367(1902):3339–3362. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0093

Figure 9.

Figure 9.

DIC images of the rapid degradation of the initially strained network shown in figure 2c. (a) Network of collagen fibrils after 3 min of exposure to bacterial collagenase. (b) After 8 min of exposure, fibrils loaded in tension are preserved while unloaded fibrils are preferentially removed from the field of view. Scale bar, 10μm (a,b).