Immuno-cross reactivity of transglutaminase and cornification marker proteins in the epidermis of vertebrates suggests common processes of soft cornification across species

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 526-549

  Alibardi, L ^a   Toni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; KERATIN; LORICRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SCEL PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; VERTEBRATES;

AMNIOTA; AVES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SAUROPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144282407     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21016     Document Type: Article

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