Wool Fiber Curvature Is Correlated With Abundance of K38 and Specific Keratin-Associated Proteins

    December 2021 in “ Proteins ”
    Jeffrey E. Plowman, Duane P. Harland, Marina Richena … Anita J. Grosvenor
    Studysummary This study found that straight crimp mutant wool differs from crimpy wool in the layout of cortical cells and the relative proportions of keratin and keratin-associated proteins.
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