Ultrastructural pattern of loricrin localization in the epidermis of the red kangarooMacropus rufus(Marsupialia, Mammalia) in relation to the formation of stratum corneum in mammalian epidermis

The ultrastructural immunolocalization of loricrin, a major protein of the cell corneous envelope is known for the epidermis of monotremes and placental mammals, but not in the soft epidermis of marsupials. This information would allow a definitive generalization on the role of loricrin in the process of keratinization in mammalian epidermis. The present study on the hairy epidermis of the red kangaroo has shown that the immunolabelling for this...