Keratin intermediate filament chains in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): A comparison of tuatara and human sequences

The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

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Identification of epidermal differentiation genes of the tuatara provides insights into the early evolution of lepidosaurian skin

(2020) Karin Brigit Holthaus et al.   Scientific Reports

Review: Evolution and diversification of corneous beta-proteins, the characteristic epidermal proteins of reptiles and birds

(2019) Karin Brigit Holthaus et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Molecular structure of sauropsid β-keratins from tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

(2019) David A.D. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Convergent Evolution of Cysteine-Rich Keratins in Hard Skin Appendages of Terrestrial Vertebrates

(2019) Florian Ehrlich et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Intermediate filament structure in fully differentiated (oxidised) trichocyte keratin

(2017) R.D. Bruce Fraser et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus ) a living fossil?

(2017) Jorge A. Herrera-Flores et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

(2016) Bin Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Convergent evolution of cysteine-rich proteins in feathers and hair

(2015) Bettina Strasser et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Topographical mapping of α- and β-keratins on developing chicken skin integuments: Functional interaction and evolutionary perspectives

(2015) Ping Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amino acid sequence homologies in the hard keratins of birds and reptiles, and their implications for molecular structure and physical properties

(2014) R.D. Bruce Fraser et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The Structure, Functions, and Mechanical Properties of Keratin

(2012) J. McKittrick et al.   JOM

Unique amino acid signatures that are evolutionarily conserved distinguish simple-type, epidermal and hair keratins

(2012) Pavel Strnad et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Chicken Corneocyte Cross-Linked Proteome

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

Radiation and Functional Diversification of Alpha Keratins during Early Vertebrate Evolution

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

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

Biopython: freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology and bioinformatics

(2009) P. J. A. Cock et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Jalview Version 2--a multiple sequence alignment editor and analysis workbench

(2009) A. M. Waterhouse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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