Hair keratin is a type of
keratin
Keratin () is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as ''scleroproteins''. Alpha-keratin (α-keratin) is a type of keratin found in vertebrates. It is the key structural material making up scales, hair, nails, feathers, ho ...
found in
hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and f ...
and
nails. There are two types of hair keratin:
* the
acidic
In computer science, ACID ( atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. In the context of databases, a ...
''type I hair keratin''
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type I hair keratin 1,
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type I hair keratin 2,
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type I hair keratin 3A,
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type I hair keratin 3B,
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type I hair keratin 4,
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type I hair keratin 5,
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type I hair keratin 6,
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type I hair keratin 7,
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type I hair keratin 8,
* the
basic ''type II hair keratin''
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type II hair keratin 1,
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type II hair keratin 2,
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type II hair keratin 3,
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type II hair keratin 4,
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type II hair keratin 5,
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type II hair keratin 6,
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Keratins
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