Research Letters in Materials Science
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 147175, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/147175
Research Letter

Characterizing Wool Keratin

Jeanette M. Cardamone, Alberto Nuñez, Rafael A. Garcia, and Mila Aldema-Ramos

Fats, Oils, and Animal Coproducts Research Unit, Wool Research, USDA ARS Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA

Received 12 January 2009; Accepted 11 May 2009

Academic Editor: Krystyn J. Van Vliet

Copyright © 2009 Jeanette M. Cardamone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Linked References

  1. A. Tachibana, S. Kaneko, T. Tanabe, and K. Yamauchi, “Rapid fabrication of keratin-hydroxyapatite hybrid sponges toward osteoblast cultivation and differentiation,” Biomaterials, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 297–302, 2005. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
  2. K. Yamauchi and A. Khoda, “Novel proteinous microcapsules from wool keratins,” Colloids and Surfaces B, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 117–119, 1997. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  3. A. Tachibana, Y. Furuta, H. Takeshima, T. Tanabe, and K. Yamauchi, “Fabrication of wool keratin sponge scaffolds for long-term cell cultivation,” Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 165–170, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  4. S. F. Timmons, C. R. Blanchard, and R. A. Smith, “Method of making cross-linking keratin-based films and sheets,” US patent no. 6,124,265, 2000.
  5. J. E. Plowman, “Proteomic database of wool components,” Journal of Chromatography B, vol. 787, no. 1, pp. 63–76, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  6. J. E. Plowman, W. G. Bryson, L. M. Flanagan, and T. W. Jordan, “Problems associated with the identification of proteins in homologous families: the wool keratin family as a case study,” Analytical Biochemistry, vol. 300, no. 2, pp. 221–229, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
  7. T. W. Randolph, B. L. Mitchell, D. F. McLerran, P. D. Lampe, and Z. Feng, “Quantifying peptide signal in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry data,” Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 1990–1999, 2005. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
  8. J. M. Cardamone and Y. Yao, “Methods of Improving shrink-resistance of natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or yarn composed of natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures thereof,” US patent no. 7,090,701 B2, 2006.
  9. J. M. Cardamone, “Keratin transamidation,” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 413–419, 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
  10. J. M. Cardamone, “Enzyme-mediated crosslinking of wool—part I: transglutaminase,” Textile Research Journal, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 214–221, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  11. B. R. Singh, “Basic aspects of the technique and applications of infrared spectroscopy of peptides and proteins,” in Infrared Analysis of Peptides and Proteins Principles and Applications, B. R. Singh, Ed., vol. 750 of ACS Symposium Series, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 2000.
  12. F. J. Douthwaite, D. M. Lewis, and U. Schumacher-Hamedat, “Reaction of cystine residues in wool with peroxy compounds,” Textile Research Journal, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 177–183, 1993.