ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Cornification
;
Cytokeratin-associated proteins
;
α-Keratin
;
β-Keratin
;
Epidermis
;
Komestic fowl
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The expression of two previously uncharacterized polypeptides produced in epidermal cells of chick reticulate and scutate scales during late embryonic scale histogenesis and in hatchling birds has been studied biochemically and immunologically. These polypeptides have been identified by two-dimensional pH gradient gel electrophoresis as basic in charge, with apparent molecular weights of 20 and 23 kD, and they have been characterized immunologically and by amino acid analysis as non-keratin in nature. Monoclonal antibodies which react with both polypeptides have been used for immunohistochemical and immunogold electron-microscopic localization. Immunoreactivity was observed in suprabasal cells of reticulate scale epidermis, where it codistributed with bundles of α-type cytokeratins in the α-keratin-rich layers of epidermis known as the alpha stratum and in suprabasal cells of the outer epidermal surface of scutate scales, where it codistributed with α-and β-type keratin filament bundles in the β-keratin-rich layers of epidermis known as the beta stratum.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00340877
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