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Why is collagen fibre autofluorescentautofluorescent? Proteins with increased amount of trp,tyr tyr,phe phe tend to fluoresce but I don't think collagen fibre has increased percentage of any of them. Some say collagen autofluoresces because of the cross links between the fibrils but how?

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Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent? Proteins with increased amount of trp,tyr,phe tend to fluoresce but I don't think collagen fibre has increased percentage of any of them. Some say collagen autofluoresces because of the cross links between the fibrils but how?

Thanks.

Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent? Proteins with increased amount of trp, tyr, phe tend to fluoresce but I don't think collagen fibre has increased percentage of any of them. Some say collagen autofluoresces because of the cross links between the fibrils but how?

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Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent?

Why is collagen fibre autofluorescent? Proteins with increased amount of trp,tyr,phe tend to fluoresce but I don't think collagen fibre has increased percentage of any of them. Some say collagen autofluoresces because of the cross links between the fibrils but how?

Thanks.