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What is a fibril?

What is a fibril? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A fine fibre or filament
  2. (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants
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Many such pairs of filaments are bundled together into a structure called a fibril, and groups of fibrils make up a single muscle fiber.
Besides studying fibrils in the test tube, researchers would like to make computer models to view fibril formation.
The simultaneous occurrence of random aggregation and amyloid fibril formation has been observed before.
As the number of fibrils decreases, it becomes increasingly easier to cut the next fibril because the fibrils carry larger and larger loads.
In particular, the mineral completely encases each fibril, enclosing the fibrillar volume.
Thus, each plant cell can be viewed as making its own cellulose fibril cocoon.

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