Crossword-Solution: KERATIN
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| Keratin | n. | A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose. |
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| KERATIN | anagram | KATRINE, KENITRA |
We have 20 clues for the answer “KERATIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hair protein | 1 answer |
| Tissues of fingernails. | 1 answer |
| Protein in horns and hair | 1 answer |
| Protein in hair straighteners | 1 answer |
| Protein in hair and nails | 1 answer |
| Protein found in hair and hooves | 1 answer |
| Nail or horn base | 1 answer |
| Nail material | 1 answer |
| Makeup of some nails | 1 answer |
| INSOLUBLE protein | 1 answer |
| HORNY tissue substance | 1 answer |
| Fingernails, essentially | 1 answer |
| Fingernail material | 1 answer |
| Fingernail makeup | 1 answer |
| Fingernail component. | 1 answer |
| Fibrous protein | 1 answer |
| Basis of horny tissue. | 1 answer |
| A fibrous protein | 1 answer |
| Horn material | 2 answers |
| protein | 7 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with KERATIN (5)
Really, they are keratin-coated enteric capsules of nitro-benzol, a deadly poison." I looked at him, aghast at what some of us had been rescued from by his prompt action.
And the scheme for removing opposition was evidently safe." Kennedy was holding up another bottle of keratin and some fruit seeds.
Leucin, tyrosin, lithic acid, lithates, xanthin, cystin, keratin, sulphureted hydrogen, etc., are deposits in the urine and are signs of the derangement of the intestinal canal and liver.
Chem.) Defn: A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
Chem.) Defn: A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers.
Quotes with KERATIN (1)
In describing a protein it is now common to distinguish the primary, secondary and tertiary structures. The primary structure is simply the order, or sequence, of the amino-acid residues along the polypeptide chains. This was first determined by [Frederick] Sanger using chemical techniques for the protein insulin, and has since been elucidated for a number of peptides and, in part, for one or two other small proteins. The secondary structure is the type of folding, coiling or…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1957–2023).