Trouble is that cuticle (at least that of insects) doesn't have any
disulphide links! They are all either phenolic or non-covalent (probably
beta-structures as in silk).
Julian Vincent
Fred Davis wrote:
> Dear Daniel
>
> Doesn' the chemistry of hair perming rely on breaking disulphide links in
> the hair and reforming them?
>
> Fred Davis
>
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