Fibril and hence the whole muscle. Elastin is a fibrous protein common in various soft tissues, like skin, blood vessels and lung tissue. Each monomer connects with each other, forming a 3D network, with ability to endure over 200% strain before deformation. Keratin is a structural protein mainly found in hair, nails, hooves, horns, quills. Basically keratin is formed by polypeptide chains, which coil into α-helices with sulfur cross-links or bond into β-sheets linked by hydrogen bonding. β-keratin, which is tougher than α-conformation, is more common in birds and reptiles. Resilin is an elastomeric insect protein, consisting of both α-helices and
Rusty Nails (filmmaker) Rusty Nails (filmmaker) Rusty Nails (a.k.a. Rusty Osgood, born 1966) is an American director, writer, producer, and actor. He is best known for his feature-length B-movie "Acne". Nails has also made several short films, including "God is Dad", "The Ramones and I", "Grethel and Hansel", "Animated Corpse", and "Santiago vs. Wigface", which won a special recognition award. Rusty Nails grew up in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts and was active in Boston's punk scene. Exposed to B-movie through the local television program "Creature Double Feature", Nails became obsessed with old horror films. He made his first foray into the genre