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The molecular unit of collagen fibrils that consist of repeating three-stranded polypeptide units arranged head to tail in parallel bundles. It is a right-handed triple helix composed of 2 polypeptide chains. It is rich in glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine.
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- Collagen (1966-1971)
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- National Library of Medicine. Tropocollagen. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014332. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014332
- Tropocollagen. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76692297