This book follows the author's popular title 'Fungal Facts' and is designed to help collections managers, conservators, curators and students (of materials and material culture) to understand the properties of fibrous proteins.
The contents include chapters on :
Variations in the skins of different vertebrates
Proteins and their amino acids
Agents of protein deterioration
Water in Fibrous Protein Materials
Collagen Structure
Tanning : proceses, deterioration and interaction with collagen
Deterioration of Collagen
Keratin
Silk
Striated Muscle and Elastin in Fluid Preserved Natural History Specimens
Conservation Implications