Chapter 4 Cytomechanics of Hair. Basics of the Mechanical Stability

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue C, 2009, Pages 137-156

  Popescu, Crisan ^a,b   Hocker Hartwig ^a  

^a Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut   (Germany)

^b AUREL VLAICU UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

Author keywords

Keratin; Cortex; Cuticle; Hair; Intermediate filament; Stress strain behavior; Water swelling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KERATIN; ARGININE; CYSTEIC ACID; CYSTINE; DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN; ISOLEUCINE; KERATIN; LEUCINE; MELANIN; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DISULFIDE BOND; HAIR CELL; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERDIGITATING CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HAIR; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74949101530     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1937-6448(09)77004-2     Document Type: Review

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