Evolutionary origin and diversification of epidermal barrier proteins in amniotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3194-3205

  Strasser, Bettina ^a   Mlitz, Veronika ^a   Hermann, Marcela ^b   Rice, Robert H ^c   Eigenheer, Richard A ^c   Alibardi, Lorenzo ^d   Tschachler, Erwin ^a   Eckhart, Leopold ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

birds; epidermis; gene family; gene fusion; reptiles

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EPIDERMAL DIFFERENTIATION COMPLEX; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; INVOLUCRIN; LORICRIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN S 100; SERINE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AVIAN PROTEIN; KERATIN; REPTILIAN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMNIOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; INTRON; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SKIN APPENDAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPTILE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICKENS; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPTILES; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84921477037     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu251     Document Type: Article

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