Formation of Surface Membranes in Developing Mammalian Hair Fibers

January 1994 in “ Micron ”

Leslie N. Jones, Thomas J. Horr, I. J. Kaplin

hair fibers fiber cuticle epidermal stratum corneum plasma membrane inner root sheath exocuticular lamellae intercellular laminae keratinized cells exocuticle

Studysummary This study found that the formation of the fibre cuticle surface in Merino sheep is similar to the epidermal stratum corneum process and not from a modified plasma membrane as previously thought.

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