The Biology of Wool and Hair

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Recent Trends in the Wool Industry and Some Long-Term Policy Issues....Pages 1-14
Morphogenesis of the Hair Follicle during the Ontogeny of Human Skin....Pages 15-35
Specific Keratins and their Associated Proteins as Markers for Hair Follicle Differentiation....Pages 37-50
The Dermal Papilla and Maintenance of Hair Growth....Pages 51-67
Special Biochemical Features of the Hair Follicle....Pages 69-85
Intermediate Filaments: Problems and Perspectives....Pages 87-95
Intermediate Filament Associated Protein of Epidermis....Pages 97-115
Variations in the Proteins of Wool and Hair....Pages 117-125
Protein Chains in Wool and Epidermal Keratin IF: Structural Features and Spatial Arrangement....Pages 127-144
Amino Acid Sequences of Wool Keratin IF Proteins....Pages 145-155
Structural Features of Keratin Intermediate Filaments....Pages 157-167
Factors Influencing Cellular Events in the Wool Follicle....Pages 169-184
The Influence of Absorbed Nutrients on Wool Growth....Pages 185-203
The Scope for Manipulation of Fermentative Digestion in the Rumen to Improve Ruminant Production....Pages 205-215
The Effect of the Drug Minoxidil on Hair Growth....Pages 217-226
Variations in Wool Follicle Morphology....Pages 227-241
Follicular Malfunctions and Resultant Effects on Wool Fibres....Pages 243-256
Effect of Mutations on the Proteins of Wool and Hair....Pages 257-273
Genetic Diseases, Hair Structure and Elemental Content....Pages 275-285
The Differential Expression of Keratin Genes in Human Epidermal Cells....Pages 287-309
Sequential Changes in Gene Expression during Epidermal Differentiation....Pages 311-324
Keratin Gene Expression in Wool Fibre Development....Pages 325-335
Evolutionary Trees of Intermediate Filament Proteins....Pages 337-349
Growth Factors, Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions in Skin during Follicle Development and Growth....Pages 351-364
The Reaction-Diffusion System as a Spatial Organizer during Initiation and Development of Hair Follicles and Formation of the Fibre....Pages 365-379
The Cultured Murine Epidermal Keratinocyte and Studies of Differentiation....Pages 381-387
Cross-Linked Envelopes: Keratinocyte Transglutaminase....Pages 389-401
Desmosomal Proteins and Cytokeratins in the Hair Follicle....Pages 403-416
Genetic Engineering of Rumen Bacteria....Pages 417-424
Engineering Ruminal Flora for Improved Protein Quality....Pages 425-440
Potential of Transgenic Plants for Improved Amino Acid Supply for Wool Growth....Pages 441-445
Isolation of Microbial Genes for Cysteine Synthesis and Prospects for their Use in Increasing Wool Growth....Pages 447-464
The Creation of Transgenic Sheep for Increased Wool Productivity....Pages 465-477
Efficient Creation of Transgenic Sheep: The Challenge for the Cell Biologist....Pages 479-488
Priorities for Production Research....Pages 489-494
Future Problems in Wool Structure and Textile Research....Pages 495-499
Back Matter....Pages 501-506