Hard cornification in reptilian epidermis in comparison to cornification in mammalian epidermis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 961-976

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Toni, Mattia ^a   Dalla Valle, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniote cornification; Beta keratins; Epidermis; Keratin associated proteins; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOKERATIN; GLYCINE; KERATIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROLINE; SERINE; SULFUR; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIRD; CARBONIFEROUS; CELL LINEAGE; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXON; FOWL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HAIR; HORN; KERATINOCYTE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NAIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-KERATINS; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; GLYCINE; KERATINS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPTILES; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SULFUR;

EID: 36448947235     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00609.x     Document Type: Review

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