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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 term in describing the structure of protein fiber, e.g. hair and sperm tail.
Differences in structure between fibrils of different origin is typically determined by x-ray diffraction. [2] A scanning electron microscope (SEM) can be used to observe specific details on larger fibril species such as the characteristic 67 nm bands in collagen, but often is not fine enough to determine the full structure.
It sometimes consists of three distinct layers - S 1, S 2 and S 3 - where the direction of the cellulose microfibrils differs between the layers. [1] The direction of the microfibrils is called microfibril angle (MFA). In the secondary cell wall of fibres of trees a low microfibril angle is found in the S2-layer, while S1 and S3-layers show a ...
Microfibrillar-associated protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFAP2 gene. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Microfibrillar-associated protein 2 is a major antigen of elastin -associated microfibrils and a candidate for involvement in the etiology of inherited connective tissue diseases .
Fibrillin is a glycoprotein, which is essential for the formation of elastic fibers found in connective tissue. [2] Fibrillin is secreted into the extracellular matrix by fibroblasts and becomes incorporated into the insoluble microfibrils, which appear to provide a scaffold for deposition of elastin .
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The submucosa consists of a dense and irregular layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves branching into the mucosa and muscular layer.It contains the submucous plexus, and enteric nervous plexus, situated on the inner surface of the muscular layer.
A myofibril (also known as a muscle fibril or sarcostyle) [1] is a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell. [2] Skeletal muscles are composed of long, tubular cells known as muscle fibers, and these cells contain many chains of myofibrils. [3] Each myofibril has a diameter of 1–2 micrometres. [3]