Properties of the wool fiber are considered, and the information given by density and x-ray diffraction measurements in particular is used to deduce the structural pattern in keratin. Some of the implications of this structure are pointed out, and other folded molecular configura tions which are extensions of the proposed keratin structure are advanced and discussed in con nection with experimentally observed facts.
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