13 citations
,
October 2008 in “PubMed” Japanese women's curved hair has an uneven internal structure and varying amino acid composition.
7 citations
,
January 1988 3 citations
,
January 1994
191 citations
,
November 1959 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” Hair and wool have complex microscopic structures with microfibrils and varying cystine content.
90 citations
,
July 1993 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” 28 citations
,
October 1985 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” Researchers isolated and identified structural components of human hair follicles, providing a model for studying hair formation.
9 citations
,
April 2019 in “Journal of Structural Biology” Keratin fibers in hair twist left-handed.
34 citations
,
July 1958 in “Biochimica et Biophysica Acta” 48 citations
,
January 2002 in “Journal of Structural Biology” Trichocyte filaments have a low-density core and may include proteins for hair structure.
65 citations
,
May 2006 in “Journal of Structural Biology” Hair curliness is due to uneven distribution of different cortices within the hair fiber.
1 citations
,
August 2015 in “PubMed” Human hair's strength comes from a honeycomb-like structure and macrofibrils.
19 citations
,
March 2012 in “Journal of experimental botany” Arabidopsis collet hairs are good for studying nuclear movement and DNA content increase during growth.
53 citations
,
September 1999 in “Journal of Synchrotron Radiation” Keratinous tissues have multiple structural layers, including ordered keratin and lipid granules.
24 citations
,
June 2003 in “Journal of Structural Biology” Sheet formation is key to macrofibril structure differences in wool.
15 citations
,
December 1972 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” January 2009 in “Chinese journal of Clinical Medicine” 50 citations
,
March 2001 in “Clinics in dermatology” Human hair is complex and grows in cycles starting from embryonic life.
62 citations
,
December 2008 in “Journal of structural biology” Hair curvature in Japanese people is linked to specific cell types and filament arrangements in the hair cortex.
49 citations
,
January 1972 in “Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure” 1 citations
,
March 1998 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” March 2018 in “Journal of Experimental Biology” Hair curliness is caused by the arrangement and length of two different cell types.
December 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Actin filaments help stabilize and integrate cell membranes during transfer.
13 citations
,
January 2002 in “Biological chemistry” Different conditions affect how hair proteins assemble, and certain mutations can change their structure.
Curly wool has more orthocortex than straight wool.
40 citations
,
February 1994 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
The model explains how mammal ear hair cells respond to sound and adapt.
January 2003 in “Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)” 161 citations
,
June 1993 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” Trichohyalin helps in hair and skin cell structure and function by binding calcium and linking proteins.
4 citations
,
January 1981 in “PubMed” Hair medullary cells in mammals vary in complexity, with humans having more structured cells similar to inner root sheath cells.
76 citations
,
December 2011 in “Journal of Cell Science” Different keratin types have unique amino acid patterns that are evolutionarily conserved.