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Determine the molecular structure of hair keratin and establish the structural principles governing its elastic properties.

May 17, 1933Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical CharacterOpen Access

X-Ray studies of the structure of hair, wool, and related fibres. II.- the molecular structure and elastic properties of hair keratin

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WAW. T. ASTBURYGoogle (United States)HWH. J. WoodsAarhus University

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Biophysical analysis reveals the molecular architecture and elastic properties of keratin in animal hairs, uncovering structural principles governing fibrous proteins.

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Determine the molecular structure of hair keratin and establish the structural principles governing its elastic properties.
Applied X-ray diffraction methods to examine the macromolecular organization of animal hair, wool, and related fibers.
Conducted a systematic experimental series to confirm or reject earlier tentative structural models of keratin proteins.
Resolved the fundamental structural principles underlying the macromolecular conformation of keratin in animal hair.
Formulated an explanatory model linking molecular arrangement directly to the reversible elastic deformation of biological fibers.

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ASTBURY et al. (1933) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90f7d955de849fda7a71e8 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1934.0010

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Biophysical analysis reveals the molecular architecture and elastic properties of keratin in animal hairs, uncovering structural principles governing fibrous proteins.

X-Ray studies of the structure of hair, wool, and related fibres. II.- the molecular structure and elastic properties of hair keratin

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X-Ray studies of the structure of hair, wool, and related fibres. II.- the molecular structure and elastic properties of hair keratin

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