Abstract
The present state of knowledge of the molecular organization and fine histological de tail in keratins is reviewed. Methods of determining crystallinity are critically assessed, and the possible bearing of crystalline content on the occurrence of a structural unit in keratins is discussed
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Astbury, W.T.
, Trans Faraday Soc.
29 . 193 (1953 )
2.
Astbury, W.T.
Proc. Roy. Soc.
B141 . 1 (1953 ).
3.
Asthury, W.T.
, Proc. Intern. Wool Textile Res. Conf. B, 202 (1955 ).
4.
Bamford. C.H.
,
Brown. L.
,
Elliott. A.
Hanby. W.E.
, and
Trotter. I.F.
, Nature
173 , 27 (1954 ).
5.
Bear, R.S.
, Advances in Protein Chem.
7 . 69 (1952 )
6.
Bear, R.S.
, and
Rugo. H.J.
, Ann N Y. Acad Sci.
53 . 461 (1951 ).
7.
Burley, R.W.
,
Nicholls. C.H.
, and
Speakman . J.B.
J. Textile Inst.
46 , T427 (1955 )
8.
Crick, F.H.C.
, Nature
170 . 882 (1952 )
9.
Crick, F.H.C.
, Acta. Cryst
6 . 689 (1953 ).
10.
Drucker, B.
,
Hainsworth, R.
, and
Smith, S.G.J.
Textile Inst.
44 . T420 ( 1953 ).
11.
Elliott, A.
,
Hanby. W.E.
, and
Malcolm, B.R.
Brit J. Appl. Phys.
5 . 377 (1954 )
12.
Farrant, J.L.
Mercer, E.H.
, and
Rees. A. L G.
, Nature
159 . 535 (1947 )
13.
Frascr, R. D. B
,. Proc Intern Wool Textile Res Conf . B.
130 (1955 ).
14.
Gillespie, J.M.
, and
Lennox, F.G.
, Australian J. Biol. Sci.
8 , 97 ( 1955 ).
15.
Hailwood, A.J.
, and
Horrobin, S.
, Trans. Faraday Soc.
42B , 84 (1946 ).
16.
Hermans, P.H.
, Contribution to the Physies of Cellulose Fibers , Elsevier , London ( 1946 ).
17.
Hermans, P.H.
, and
Weidinger, A.
, J. Polymer Sci.
4 , 135 (1949 ).
18.
Jeffrey, G.M.
,
Sikorski, J.
and
Woods, H.J.
, Proc. Intern. Wool Textile Res. Conf. F.
130 (1955 ).
19.
Kendrew, J.C.
, The Profeins 2B, 845
Academic Press , New York (1954 ).
20.
Linderstrøm-Lang. K.
, Symposium on Peptide Chemistry , Chem. Soc.
London , (1955 ).
21.
Lindley, H.
, and
Rollett, J.S.
, Biochim. et Biophys. Acta
18 , 183 (1955 ).
22.
MacArthur, I.
, Nature
152 , 38 (1943 ).
23.
Marsden, R.J.B.
, Fiber Science. p 181 . Textile Institute , Manchester (1949 ).
24.
Nicholls, J.B.
, J. App. Phys
25 . 840 (1954 ).
25.
Nicholls, C.H.
and
Speakman, J.B.
J. Textile Inst
46 . T424 ( 1955 )
26.
O'Donnell, I. J., and Woods, E. F., in press.
27.
Parker, K.D.
, Biochim et Biophys. Acta
17 . 148 ( 1955 ).
28.
Pauling. L.
, and
Corey, R.B.
Proc. Nat Acad. Sci 37, 235 (1951 ).
29.
Pauling, L.
, and
Corey, R.B.
Nature
171 . 59 (1953 ).
30.
le Roux, P.L.
, and
Speakman, J.B.
, Nature
176 , 410 (1955 ).
31.
Speakman, J.B.
, Proc, Roy. Soc.
132A . 167 (1931 ).
32.
Speakman, J.B.
, Melliand Textilber.
33 . 823 (1952 ).
33.
Valentine, L.
, Pro. Intern Textile Conqress . Brussels (1955 )