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tricho·hy·a·lin (trik″o-hiґə-lin) [tricho- + hyalin] a protein found in granules in the cytoplasm of the cells of the Huxley layer of a hair follicle.Medical dictionary. 2011.
trichohyalin — Major structural protein of inner root sheath cells and medulla of hair follicle, present in small amounts in other specialised epithelia. Trichohyalin is a high molecular weight alpha helix rich protein that forms rigid structures as a result of … Dictionary of molecular biology
THL — trichohyalin … Medical dictionary
THL — • trichohyalin … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Keratinocyte transglutaminase — Transglutaminase 1 (K polypeptide epidermal type I, protein glutamine gamma glutamyltransferase), also known as TGM1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: TGM1 transglutaminase 1 (K polypeptide epidermal type I, protein glutamine gamma … Wikipedia
Involucrin — Involucrin, also known as IVL, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: IVL involucrin| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=3713| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section title = summary text =… … Wikipedia
PADI3 — Peptidyl arginine deiminase, type III Identifiers Symbols PADI3; MGC126307; MGC126308; PAD3; PDI3 External IDs … Wikipedia
Cornification — is the process of forming an epidermal barrier in stratified squamous epithelial tissue. At cellular level cornification is characterised by* production of keratin * production of small proline rich (SPRR) proteins and transglutaminase which… … Wikipedia
involucrin — Marker protein for keratinocyte differentiation first appearing in the upper spinous layer of the epidermis. Together with trichohyalin forms the scaffold for the cell envelope … Dictionary of molecular biology
peptidyl-arginine deiminase — EC 3.5.3.15 Enzyme responsible for formation of protein bound citrulline, a major amino acid in the inner root sheath and medulla of the hair follicle. Substrate is trichohyalin and postsynthetic modification of trichohylain by PAD alters its… … Dictionary of molecular biology
THH — telangiectasia hereditaria haemorrhagica; trichohyalin … Medical dictionary
