Purification of Porcine Hair Keratin Subunits and Their Immobilization for Use as Cell Culture Substrates

    September 2013 in “ Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ”
    Yuki Ozaki, Yusuke Takagi, Yûsuke Saito … Masayuki Hara
    Studysummary In this study, the type II subunit of porcine hair keratin was found to significantly inhibit the differentiation of PC12 neural cells compared to the crude extract and type I subunit, although cell proliferation was unaffected.
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