Search Results - "Liles, Melody"
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Mechanical strain stabilizes reconstituted collagen fibrils against enzymatic degradation by mammalian collagenase matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8)
Published in PloS one (23-08-2010)“…Collagen, a triple-helical, self-organizing protein, is the predominant structural protein in mammals. It is found in bone, ligament, tendon, cartilage,…”
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Mechanical strain enhances survivability of collagen micronetworks in the presence of collagenase: implications for load-bearing matrix growth and stability
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences (13-09-2009)“…Clostridium histolyticum…”
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Alterations in the biomolecular signatures of developing chick corneas as determined by biospectroscopy and multivariate analysis
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (09-03-2012)“…Biospectroscopy tools are increasingly being recognized as novel approaches toward interrogating complex biological structures in a nondestructive fashion…”
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Gene expression and immunolocalisation of a calcium-activated chloride channel during the stratification of cultivated and developing corneal epithelium
Published in Cell and tissue research (01-01-2006)“…The spatial and temporal localisation of a calcium-activated chloride channel (CLCA) and its mRNA was investigated, during the in vivo and in vitro development…”
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Molecular Mechanochemistry: Low Force Switch Slows Enzymatic Cleavage of Human Type I Collagen Monomer
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (23-03-2011)“…In vertebrate animals, fibrillar collagen accumulates, organizes, and persists in structures which resist mechanical force. This antidissipative behavior is…”
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Differential Relative Sulfation of Keratan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan in the Chick Cornea during Embryonic Development
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-03-2010)“…To investigate structural remodeling of the developing corneal stroma concomitant with changing sulfation patterns of keratan sulfate (KS) glycosaminoglycan…”
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Keratan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan and the Association with Collagen Fibrils in Rudimentary Lamellae in the Developing Avian Cornea
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-07-2007)“…Keratan sulfate (KS), through its association with fibrillar collagen as KS-substituted proteoglycan (KS PG), is thought to be instrumental in the structural…”
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Corneal development and the role of keratan sulphate
Published 01-01-2006“…In the week before hatch, the embryonic chick cornea thins and becomes transparent (Coulombre and Coulombre, 1958 Hay and Revel, 1969 Connon etai, 2003)…”
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