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US
/ˈkɛɹətən, ˈkɛɹətɪn/
]
[ UK /kˈɛɹɐtˌɪn/ ]
[ UK /kˈɛɹɐtˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
How To Use keratin In A Sentence
- To characterize the effect of the sample preparation procedure on the keratin structure, WAXS patterns were recorded for three groups of four horsehair fibers.
- In addition to the tubules, the epithelial cells may also form nests, cords, single cells, micropapillae, and keratinous cysts.
- The invention also relates to a cosmetic care or make-up process for a keratinous material.
- Zinc is required for the incorporation of cystine into keratin.
- Keratin expression is typical of epithelial differentiation in carcinomas and some sarcomas.
- And I, helplessly impaled upon it's keratinous trident! Grade A Twats
- In half the specimens studied these lesions were found only after careful examination of numerous sections and staining with an anti-cytokeratin antibody.
- They are unable to grow in living tissues but instead can multiply in structures containing keratin.
- Spadefoots are so-named for the large, keratinous metatarsal tubercles that are internally supported by a well-ossified prehallux, located on the outside edges of their feet.
- These fibres are surrounded by a matrix of disorderly keratin-like proteins cross-linked by sulphur atoms, like steel cables embedded in concrete.