Subject Index 



Acid mucopolysaccharides in hair 



follicle 220 (Fig. 97), 221 

 ACTH 54 

 Adaptation of epidermal thickenings 



66 

 Adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) and 



mitochondria 116 

 Aggregation of tropocollogen 1 28 (Fig. 



55) 

 Allometric growth 159 

 AllwOrden reaction 267 (Fig. Ill) 

 Amide bond, structure of 7 (Fig. 73), 



176 

 Amino acid composition of low S 



extract of wool 237 (Table 14) 



content of fibrous proteins (silk, 



collagen and wool) 6 (Table 

 3) 

 Amphibians, keratinization in 51 

 Antigenicity of keratins 119 

 Antlers 67 

 Arthropodin 20 

 Astbury-Bell model for a-keratin 176 



(Fig. 72) 

 Avian secreted keratins 30, 107 



Bacterial fiagella, protein of 2, 201 

 Basal layer cells, division of 82 



— of keratinizing tissues 80 



— membranes and epithelia 53, 90 



— in electron microscope 88 (Fig. 39) 

 Beaks and bills 66 



Benzpyrene on epidermis 275 



— in skin 94 



Biochemical evolution 24, 26, 49 

 Biochemistry of protein synthesis 115 



et seq. 

 Birefringence 10 (Table 4) 



— and stability 21 



— changes on stretching hairs 2, 191 



— in hair follicle 213 (Fig. 91) 



— in swollen cuticle 226 



— intrinsic and form 211, 213 



— of Stratum corneum 230 

 Bombyx mori, synthesis of silk by 121 



— silk 180 



— molecular structure of 1 79 



Bonds consolidating keratins 21, 27, 



234, 245, 249 

 Bragg's Law 12, 13 



Calcium salts and collagen 20, 21, 130 

 Carcinogenesis tests using mouse skin 



275 

 Carcinogenic hydrocarbons on skin 



94, 275 

 Cell adhesion and cell membranes 40, 



84, 260 

 in basal layer 82, 83 et seq. 



— contacts 40 et seq. (Fig. 20) 



— during differentiation 84 



— in hair follicle 92 (Fig. 41) 



— membranes as /2-keratose 43, 260 



— in keratinized tissues 238 



— of basal layer cells 83 



— surface 37 et seq. 



Cellular adhesion during differentiation 

 84, 90, 99 



— in cancer cells 85 



— in embryo 84 



— behaviour in cine films 85 



Cetyl sulphonic acid extract (CSA) 

 244 



— of wool 245 (Table 19) 



Chain configuration (a or /3) from infra- 

 red spectra 197 et seq. 



Chemical difference between o- and 

 p-type keratin 275 



— modifications during keratinization 



(other than cystine formation) 219 



— reactivity and chemical composition 



of keratins 161, 162 (Table 7) 



— structure of keratins, present status 



161 et seq. 

 Chitin 20, 24 

 Chlorine peroxide as disulphide bond 



oxidant 240 

 Chrysopa egg stalk 201, 204 

 Cilia and fiagella 39 

 Citrulline in inner root sheath 226 



— in medulla 270 



— in trichohyalin 97 

 Classification of hairs 72 



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