Immunolocalization and characterization of cornification proteins in snake epidermis

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-146

  Alibardi, Lokenzo ^a   Toni, Mattia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Cornification proteins; Epidermis; Immunoblotting; Immunocytochemistry; Snake

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KETATIN; BETA KERATIN; BETA KERATIN ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FILAGGRIN; KERATIN; KERATIN ANTIBODY; LORICRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SCIELLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACTION; FEATHER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SNAKES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 13544274199     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20153     Document Type: Article

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