Assembly in vitro of thin and thick fibrils of collagen II from recombinant procollagen II. The monomers in the tips of thick fibrils have the opposite orientation from monomers in the growing tips of collagen I fibrils.

Assembly in vitro of thin and thick fibrils of collagen II from recombinant procollagen II. The monomers in the tips of thick fibrils have the opposite orientation from monomers in the growing tips of collagen I fibrils.