Excessive strain on a tendon can damage its collagen fibers.

Their purpose is not known for sure but they may serve as claws to bring the collagen fiber to the active center.

But the domain may also have a role in helping to home in on the collagen fibers.

At this point, the collagen fibers are changed into bone tissue.

In the 1970s, they created a polymer with collagen fibers and sugar molecules.

They interact with free radicals, which then attack collagen fibers in the skin.

As cells move along the collagen fibers they generate forces that contract the gel.

And as she spoke, the prow of the ship began to pass the collagen fiber, with little room to spare.

It was the collagen fiber that bent, then snapped and dangled free.

These collagen fibers are used as a framework for the osteoblasts work.