Physiocochemical properties of "spun glass" hair.
The amount of protein solubilized with a Trisurea-mercaptoethanol buffer was markedly reduced in a patient with"spun glass" hair but normal in 3 other patients with similar appearing hair. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that it was mainly the matrix component that was solubilized. X-ray diffraction and stress strain tests on the "spun glass" hair proved normal, as was the amino acid analysis. The cause of the insolubility has not been established.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins