
%0 Journal Article
%A Gillespie, JM 
%A Broad, Andrea 
%T Ultra-High-Sulphur Proteins in the Hairs of the Artiodactyla
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1972/02/01
%V 25
%N 1
%P 139-146
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9720139
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9720139 
%X Wool follicles are potentially able to synthesize specific high.sulphur proteins in which about 30% of the amino acid residues are half-cystine (Gillespie and Reis 1966). The amount of these proteins incorporated into the fibre is related to the availability of sulphur-containing amino acids for metabolism in the sheep. There is a linear relation between the sulphur content of a wool fibre and its content of these proteins (Broad, Gillespie, and Reis 1970). 
