Alpha- and beta-keratins of the snake epidermis

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Toni, Mattia ^a   Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Lepidosaurian reptiles; Scale keratins; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AVES; LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845754083     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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