Cloning and characterization of scale β-keratins in the differentiating epidermis of geckoes show they are glycine-proline-serine-rich proteins with a central motif homologous to avian β-keratins

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 374-388

  Dalla Valle, Luisa ^a   Nardi, Alessia ^a   Toffolo, Vania ^a   Niero, Cristiana ^a   Toni, Mattia ^b   Alibardi, Lorenzo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

keratins comparation; Differentiating epidermis; Gecko lizards; mRNAS; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA KERATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-KERATINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROLINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERINE;

AVES; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33846899735     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21022     Document Type: Article

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