A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of β-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^a   Murugan, Nelisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EPICORTEX; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHER; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RACHIDIAL CORTEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCITIAL BARBULE;

ANIMALS; BETA-KERATINS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIRDS; CHICKENS; FALCONIFORMES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FUNGI; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRIGIFORMES;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878874842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065849     Document Type: Article

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