Evolution of hard proteins in the sauropsid integument in relation to the cornification of skin derivatives in amniotes

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 560-586

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneous proteins; Epidermis; Evolution; Genes; Reptiles; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA KERATIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; KERATIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROLINE; PROTEOME; SERINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIRD; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEATHER; GENETIC CODE; HAIR; INTEGUMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REPTILE; SKIN APPENDAGE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIRDS; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MAMMALS; REPTILES; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMNIOTA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 65449123117     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01045.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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