Collagen fibrils consist of recurring three-stranded polypeptide units called tropocollagen, arranged head to tail in parallel bundles (Fig. 7-15). The rigid, brittle character of the connective tissue in older people is the result of an accumulation of covalent cross-links in collagen as we age.
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