Evolutionary Origin and Diversification of Epidermal Barrier Proteins in Amniotes

Trichohyalin-Like Proteins Have Evolutionarily Conserved Roles in the Morphogenesis of Skin Appendages

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Transcriptomic Analysis of Endangered Chinese Salamander: Identification of Immune, Sex and Reproduction-Related Genes and Genetic Markers

(2014) Rongbo Che et al.   PLoS One

The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

(2014) Y. Jiang et al.   SCIENCE

Cell death by cornification

(2013) Leopold Eckhart et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Molecular evolution and expression of archosaurian β-keratins: Diversification and expansion of archosaurian β-keratins and the origin of feather β-keratins

(2013) Matthew J. Greenwold et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

New genes as drivers of phenotypic evolution

(2013) Sidi Chen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Evolution of the S100 family of calcium sensor proteins

(2012) Danna B. Zimmer et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Chicken Corneocyte Cross-Linked Proteome

(2012) Robert H. Rice et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Extensive and Continuous Duplication Facilitates Rapid Evolution and Diversification of Gene Families

(2012) Dan Chang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary origin of peptidoglycan recognition proteins in vertebrate innate immune system

(2011) Adriana M Montaño et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Update on the epidermal differentiation complex

(2011) Julie Henry   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Linking the molecular evolution of avian beta (β) keratins to the evolution of feathers

(2011) Matthew J. Greenwold et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Radiation and Functional Diversification of Alpha Keratins during Early Vertebrate Evolution

(2011) W. Vandebergh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins kill bacteria by activating protein-sensing two-component systems

(2011) Des Raj Kashyap et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Genomic organization and molecular phylogenies of the beta (β) keratin multigene family in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata): implications for feather evolution

(2010) Matthew J Greenwold et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Lorenzo Alibardi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Forty keratin-associated β-proteins (β-keratins) form the hard layers of scales, claws, and adhesive pads in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis

(2009) Luisa Dalla Valle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Deletion of the late cornified envelope LCE3B and LCE3C genes as a susceptibility factor for psoriasis

(2009) Rafael de Cid et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

(2008) Luisa Dalla Valle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Ancient origin of the gene encoding involucrin, a precursor of the cross-linked envelope of epidermis and related epithelia

(2008) A. Vanhoutteghem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of reptilian genes encoding hair keratin-like proteins suggests a new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hair

(2008) L. Eckhart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA