Engineered polypeptides in personal care applications
AssigneeBiosil Research Institute
InventorsCharles W. Buffa, Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., Megan Genzale
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to process for conditioning hair and skin in which the skin has applied to it a polypeptide having between 20 and 60 amino acids in a polypeptide, having cysteine as at least 10% of the amino acids units and proline as at least 5% of the amino acid units.
Claims2
A process for conditioning hair which comprises contacting the hair with an effective conditioning concentration of a polypeptide having between 20 and 60 amino acids in a polypeptide, having between 10% and 15% of the amino acids units cysteine and between 6.6 and 10% of the amino acid units proline.
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