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Hair and Keratin

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Difference between Hair and Keratin

Hair vs. Keratin

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins.

Similarities between Hair and Keratin

Hair and Keratin have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alpha-keratin, Cysteine, Disulfide, Epidermis, Hair, Keratin, Mammal, Skin.

Alpha-keratin

Alpha-keratin, or α-keratin, is a type of keratin found in mammals. This protein is the primary component in hairs, horns, nails and the epidermis layer of the skin.

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Cysteine

Cysteine (symbol Cys or C) is a semi-essential proteinogenic amino acid with the formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2SH.

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Disulfide

In chemistry, a disulfide refers to a functional group with the structure R−S−S−R′.

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Epidermis

The epidermis is the outer layer of the three layers that make up the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.

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Hair

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Skin

Skin is the soft outer tissue covering vertebrates.

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Hair and Keratin Comparison

Hair has 217 relations, while Keratin has 162. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.11% = 8 / (217 + 162).

References

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