Elucidation of the exact sites of cleavage of tropocollagen by rheumatoid synovial collagenase: correlation of cleavage sites with fibril structure

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Animals
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / enzymology
• Cattle
• Chemical Phenomena
• Chemistry
• Humans
• Microbial Collagenase* / metabolism
• Microscopy, Electron
• Middle Aged
• Pepsin A
• Protein Conformation
• Skin
• Synovial Fluid / enzymology
• Tropocollagen* / isolation & purification
• Tropocollagen* / metabolism