Mechanical Anisotropy of Hair Affected by Genetic Diseases Highlights Structural Information Related to Differential Crosslinking in Keratins

    February 2023 in “ European biophysics journal ”
    Steven Breakspear, Bernd Noecker, C. Popescu
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