English: During disease progression, tissue development, or aging, collagen can be extensively degraded by collagenolytic proteases, causing its triple helix to unfold at the physiological temperature due to reduced thermal stability. X may represent a biotin or fluorescent tag.
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Schematic of a CHP strand (labeled with X) hybridizing to denatured collagen chains and forming a collagen triple helix.