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SUBMITTER: Holthaus KB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366951 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holthaus Karin Brigit KB Mlitz Veronika V Strasser Bettina B Tschachler Erwin E Alibardi Lorenzo L Eckhart Leopold L
Scientific reports 20170327
The epidermis of snakes efficiently protects against dehydration and mechanical stress. However, only few proteins of the epidermal barrier to the environment have so far been identified in snakes. Here, we determined the organization of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex (EDC), a cluster of genes encoding protein constituents of cornified epidermal structures, in snakes and compared it to the EDCs of other squamates and non-squamate reptiles. The EDC of snakes displays shared synteny with th ...[more]