Describe the Three Types of Protein Fibers Common to the Extracellular

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Essay

Describe the three types of protein fibers common to the extracellular matrix of tissues.

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Definitions:

Carbocation Rearrangement

A process in which a carbocation intermediate undergoes structural reorganization to form a more stable ion during a chemical reaction.

Hg(OAc)2

Mercury(II) acetate, a compound used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in oxymercuration-demercuration reactions.

Sodium Borohydride

A chemical reagent and reducing agent that is widely used in the reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and acyl chlorides to alcohols.

Transformation

A process by which one chemical compound is changed into another by a chemical reaction or a physical process.