A microfibril is a very fine fibril, or fiber-like strand, consisting of glycoproteins and cellulose. It is usually, but not always, used as a general...

cellulose chains are bundled together as microfibril spiralled together in plant cell walls. Each microfibril exhibits a high degree of three-dimensional...

extracellular matrix by fibroblasts and becomes incorporated into the insoluble microfibrils, which appear to provide a scaffold for deposition of elastin. Marfan...

Myelofibrosis, a chronic clonal malignant disease Microfibril rosettes, the sites of cellulose microfibril synthesis in plants MF Dow Jones News, an Italian...

super-super-coil referred to as the collagen microfibril. Each microfibril is interdigitated with its neighboring microfibrils to a degree that might suggest they...

direction of the cellulose microfibrils differs between the layers. The direction of the microfibrils is called microfibril angle (MFA). In the secondary...

Elastic fibers Allow organs like arteries and lungs to recoil Elastic microfibril and elastin extracellular matrix Reticular fibers Form a scaffolding...

fibulin-5, latent transforming growth factor β binding protein 4, and microfibril associated protein 4. In this process tropoelastin, the soluble monomeric...

side-by-side and forming microfibrils with high tensile strength. This confers tensile strength in cell walls where cellulose microfibrils are meshed into a...

serves as a structural component of 10–12 nm calcium-binding microfibrils. These microfibrils provide force bearing structural support in elastic and nonelastic...

hygroscopic movements between layers, their microfibril structures having a large angle disparity (microfibril angle (MFA) γ = 75–90°). Pine cone scales...

land plants are cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. The cellulose microfibrils are linked together with hemicellulose, embedded in a pectin matrix....

xyloglucan cross-links between cellulose microfibrils before reforming them, potentially now linked to another microfibril. "Biochemical Journal". Portal: Biology...

wall, can be defined as composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at all angles. Cellulose microfibrils are produced at the plasma membrane by the cellulose...

Elastin microfibril interfacer 1 (EMILIN-1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EMILIN1 gene. It is the best characterized member of the EMILIN...

MFAP4 (microfibril-associated glycoprotein 4) is an extracellular matrix protein encoded by the MFAP4 gene. It is part of the MFAP family of proteoglycans...

arrays, with the similar polarity forming a cellulose microfibril. In plants, these cellulose microfibrils arrange themselves into layers, formally known as...

thread-like structures known as microfibrils. The resulting solution is extruded through a small opening, causing the microfibrils to reassemble into a single...

designating them for destruction by macrophages, thus degrading amyloid microfibril deposits. Supportive care in AL amyloidosis consists of salt restriction...

(EC 3.2.1.14) randomly split chitin at internal sites of the chitin microfibril, forming soluble, low molecular mass multimer products. The multimer...

noted that they have a single layer heart, where each cell had a single microfibril. Linnaeus C. (1767). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria...

into the final, much larger structures known as microfibrils; because of the integrity of the microfibrils and the organized, linear nature of cellulose...

entry on Williams or Williams-Beuren Syndrome The Elastin Protein Microfibril This article incorporates text from the United States National Library...

Microfibrillar-associated protein 2 is a major antigen of elastin-associated microfibrils and a candidate for involvement in the etiology of inherited connective...

to the basal lamina with collagen VII anchoring fibrils and fibrillin microfibrils. The basal lamina layer can further be subdivided into two layers based...

cellulose microfibril orientation. This indicates that SkXTH1 is an XTH enzyme responsible for catalyzing the movement of adjacent cellulose microfibrils relative...

cellulose and forms characteristic ribbon-like microfibrils. A hallmark of microbial cellulose, these thin microfibrils are significantly smaller than those in...

nuclei, and is delineated from the ectoplasm by a capsular wall made of a microfibril mesh. In symbiotic species, the algal symbionts are maintained in the...

similar to viscose; this was observed, for example, for Valonia cellulose microfibrils. Dilution with water causes the cellulose to reprecipitate, i.e. the...

The Zonular fibers a viscoelastic cables, although their component microfibrils are stiff structures. These fibers are sometimes collectively referred...