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Protein and mineral characterisation of rendered meat and bone meal by Buckley, M., Penkman, K.E.H., Wess, T.J., Reaney, S., Collins, M.J.

“…► We characterize organic and inorganic components of meat and bone meal. ► Avian MBM composition differs from mammalian MBM retaining more blood proteins. ►…”
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Effects of frozen storage temperature on the elasticity of tendons from a small murine model by Goh, K. L., Chen, Y., Chou, S. M., Listrat, A., Bechet, D., Wess, T. J.

“…The basic mechanism of reinforcement in tendons addresses the transfer of stress, generated by the deforming proteoglycan (PG)-rich matrix, to the collagen…”
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Structure of Type I and Type III Heterotypic Collagen Fibrils: An X-Ray Diffraction Study by Cameron, G.J., Alberts, I.L., Laing, J.H., Wess, T.J.

“…Themolecular packing arrangement within collagen fibrils has a significant effect on the tensile properties of tissues. To date, most studies have focused on…”
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Evidence of a distinct lipid fraction in historical parchments: a potential role in degradation? by Ghioni, C, Hiller, J. C, Kennedy, C. J, Aliev, A. E, Odlyha, M, Boulton, M, Wess, T. J

“…Parchment, a biologically based material obtained from the processed hides of animals such as cattle and sheep, has been used for millennia as a writing…”
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Fibrillin-rich microfibrils of the extracellular matrix: ultrastructure and assembly by Sherratt, M.J., Wess, T.J., Baldock, C., Ashworth, J., Purslow, P.P., Shuttleworth, C.A., Kielty, C.M.

“…Fibrillin-rich microfibrils are a unique class of extensible connective tissue macromolecules. Their critical contribution to the establishment and maintenance…”
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Calcium Determines the Supramolecular Organization of Fibrillin-Rich Microfibrils by Wess, T. J., Purslow, P. P., Sherratt, M. J., Ashworth, J., Shuttleworth, C. A., Kielty, C. M.

“…Microfibrils are ubiquitous fibrillin-rich polymers that are thought to provide long-range elasticity to extracellular matrices, including the zonular…”
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Type I collagen packing, conformation of the triclinic unit cell by Wess, T.J., Hammersley, A., Wess, L., Miller, A.

“…The X-ray diffraction pattern of tendon collagen can contain a number ofsharp Bragg peaks indicating three-dimensional crystallinity of the sample. Optimal…”
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Molecular interactions in collagen and chitosan blends by Sionkowska, A., Wisniewski, M., Skopinska, J., Kennedy, C.J., Wess, T.J.

“…Molecular interactions between collagen and chitosan (CC) have the potential to produce biocomposites with novel properties. We have characterised the…”
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Molecular packing of type I collagen in tendon 1 1Edited by M. F. Moody by Wess, T.J., Hammersley, A.P., Wess, L., Miller, A.

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Effect of chemical modifications on the susceptibility of collagen to proteolysis. II. Dehydrothermal crosslinking by Gorham, S D, Light, N D, Diamond, A M, Willins, M J, Bailey, A J, Wess, T J, Leslie, N J

“…Collagen was dehydrothermally treated (heat cured) by heating dry under vacuum at 60, 80, 100 and 120 degrees C. The change in stability was determined by…”
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Bone mineral change during experimental heating: an X-ray scattering investigation by Hiller, J.C., Thompson, T.J.U., Evison, M.P., Chamberlain, A.T., Wess, T.J.

“…The effects of heating and burning on bone mineral have previously been studied using techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) with the aim of discerning a…”
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Thermal and mechanical properties of UV irradiated collagen/chitosan thin films by Sionkowska, A., Wisniewski, M., Skopinska, J., Poggi, G.F., Marsano, E., Maxwell, C.A., Wess, T.J.

“…The thermal and mechanical properties of collagen/chitosan blends before and after UV irradiation have been investigated using thermal analysis and mechanical…”
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The Variability in Type I Collagen Helical Pitch Is Reflected in the D Periodic Fibrillar Structure by Cameron, G.J., Cairns, D.E., Wess, T.J.

“…The variability in amino acid axial rise per residue of the collagen helix is a potentially important parameter that is missing in many structural models of…”
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The use of small-angle X-ray scattering to study archaeological and experimentally altered bone by Hiller, J.C., Wess, T.J.

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Domains 17–27 of tropoelastin contain key regions of contact for coacervation and contain an unusual turn-containing crosslinking domain by Dyksterhuis, L.B., Baldock, C., Lammie, D., Wess, T.J., Weiss, A.S.

“…The central region of tropoelastin including domains 19–25 of human tropoelastin forms a hot-spot for contacts during the inter-molecular association of…”
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Young’s modulus varies with differential orientation of keratin in feathers by Cameron, G.J., Wess, T.J., Bonser, R.H.C.

“…Feathers are composed of a structure that, whilst being very light, is able to withstand the large aerodynamic forces exerted upon them during flight. To…”
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The photochemical stability of collagen–chitosan blends by Sionkowska, A, Wisniewski, M, Skopinska, J, Kennedy, C.J, Wess, T.J

“…The photochemical stability of collagen–chitosan blends in solution and film form was investigated using viscosimetry measurements, UV-Vis spectrophotometry,…”
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Radial packing, order, and disorder in collagen fibrils by Hulmes, D.J., Wess, T.J., Prockop, D.J., Fratzl, P.

“…Collagen fibrils resemble smectic, liquid crystals in being highly ordered axially but relatively disordered laterally. In some connective tissues, x-ray…”
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Thermal analysis on parchments I: DSC and TGA combined approach for heat damage assessment by Fessas, D., Signorelli, M., Schiraldi, A., Kennedy, C.J., Wess, T.J., Hassel, B., Nielsen, K.

“…Ancient, new and artificially aged parchments were investigated with both differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TGA). Criteria to…”
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A turning point in elastin structure by Dyksterhuis, L.B., Baldock, C., Lammie, D., Wess, T.J., Weiss, A.S.

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