Hexagonal Packing of Intermediate Filaments (Microfibrils) in α-Keratin Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-114

  Feughelman, M ^a   James, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRE STRUCTURE; KERATIN FIBRES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; WOOL FIBRES;

EID: 0031949964     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759806800205     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Bendit, E.G., The Distribution of High and Low Sulfur Fractions in Alpha-Keratin, Textile Res. J. 38, 15 (1968).
2. Bendit, E.G., Location and Function of the High-Glycine Tyrosine Proteins in Keratins,” extracted from “Fibrous Proteins: Scientific, Industrial and Medical Aspect,” vol. 2. D. A. D. Parry and L. K. Creamer, Eds., Academic Press, 1980, pp. 185-194.
3. Dowling, L.M., Crewther, W.G., and Parry, D.A.D., Secondary Structure of Component 8c-1 of α-Keratin, Biochem. J. 236, 705 - 712 (1986).
4. Feughelman, M., Intermicrofibrillar Linkages in α-Keratin Fibers, Textile Res. J. 49, 704-709 (1979).
5. Fraser, R.D., Jones, L.N., Macrae, T.P., and Suzuki, E., The Fine Structure of Wool Fibres, in “Proc. 6th International Wool Textile Res. Conf,” Pretoria, vol. 1, 1980, p. 1-33.
6. James, V.J., Wilk, K.E., McConnell, J.F., Baranov, E.P., and Amemiya, Y., Intermediate Filament Structure of α-Keratin in Baboon Hair, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 17(2), 99-104 (1995).
7. James, V.J., Yu, D.K., and Lennan, M., Changes in the Molecular Structure of Hair with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, Biophys. Biochim. Res. Com. 233(1), 76-81 (1997).
8. Spei, M., and Zahn, H., X-ray Small Angle Examination of Swollen Fibre Keratins, Meillard Textiber. 60, 523-525 (1979).