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SUBMITTER: in 't Veld PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2426635 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
in 't Veld Pieter J PJ Stevens Mark J MJ
Biophysical journal 20080321 1
We perform atomistic simulations on a single collagen molecule to determine its intrinsic molecular strength. A tensile pull simulation to determine the tensile strength and Young's modulus is performed, and a simulation that separates two of the three helices of collagen examines the internal strength of the molecule. The magnitude of the calculated tensile forces is consistent with the strong forces of bond stretching and angle bending that are involved in the tensile deformation. The triple h ...[more]