β-keratins of the crocodilian epidermis: Composition, structure, and phylogenetic relationships

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-57

  Dalla Valle, Luisa ^a   Nard, Alessia ^a   Gelm, Carlotta ^a   Toni, Mattia ^b   Emera, Deena ^b   Alibardi, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; LEPIDOSAURIA;

BETA KERATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BETA-KERATINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 64349087435     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21241     Document Type: Article

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