
%0 Journal Article
%A Downes, AM 
%T On the Mechanism of Incorporation of [35s]Cystine  into Wool
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1961/03/01
%V 14
%N 1
%P 109-119
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9610109
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9610109 
%X A comparison was made of the rate of incorporation of 358 into the plasma proteins and the wool of a sheep after an intravenous injection of DL.[358]cystine. The cystine of wool attained a much higher specific activity than that of the plasma proteins, suggesting that cystine is not incorporated into wool by any rocess involving a direct modification of the plasma proteins. It is also suggested that there is a metabolic "pool" of material containing cystine associated with the wool follicles themselves which is turned over with a half·time of about 3 days. 
