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<p><strong>Collagen</strong> is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, <sup class="reference" id="_ref-0"><font color="#800080">[1]</font></sup> making up about 25% of the whole-body protein content.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Uses</span></h2>
<h2><span class="mw-headline">Art</span></h2>
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<div class="thumbinner" style="WIDTH: 402px"><img class="thumbimage" height="379" alt="Julian Voss-Andreae's sculpture Unraveling Collagen (2005), stainless steel, height 11'3" (3.40 m)." width="400" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Unraveling_Collagen.jpg/400px-Unraveling_Collagen.jpg" width="400" border="0" />
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 120px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto"><a class="image" title="Collagen.gif" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Collagen.gif"><img height="120" alt="" width="101" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Collagen.gif/101px-Collagen.gif" width="101" border="0" /></a></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 120px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto"><a class="image" title="Action de la lysyl oxydase.jpg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Action_de_la_lysyl_oxydase.jpg"><img height="120" alt="" width="110" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Action_de_la_lysyl_oxydase.jpg/110px-Action_de_la_lysyl_oxydase.jpg" width="110" border="0" /></a></div>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://macromoleculeinsights.com/collagen.php" rel="nofollow" href="http://macromoleculeinsights.com/collagen.php" rel="nofollow">The Collagen Protein</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/extracellularmatrix.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/extracellularmatrix.html" rel="nofollow">12 types of collagen</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.le.ac.uk/genetics/collagen/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.le.ac.uk/genetics/collagen/" rel="nofollow">Database of type I and type III collagen mutations</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://science.dirbix.com/biology/collagen" rel="nofollow" href="http://science.dirbix.com/biology/collagen" rel="nofollow">Science.dirbix Collagen</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cmb/collagen/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/cmb/collagen/" rel="nofollow">Computer-generated animations of the assembly of Type I and Type IV Collagens</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.cosmeticdoctors.co.uk/fillers.asp" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cosmeticdoctors.co.uk/fillers.asp" rel="nofollow">The British Association of Cosmetic Doctors - Collagen For Cosmetic Use Information Page</a> </li>
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