Immunodetection of type I acidic keratins associated to periderm granules during the transition of cornification from embryonic to definitive chick epidermis

The change in the modality of cornification from embryonic to definitive epidermis in the chick has been studied using immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy to show that the initial soft cornification based on an acidic type I alpha-keratin transits to a definitive hard cornification based on beta-proteins in the claw, scales and feathers. The first two periderm layers contain acidic keratins associated with periderm granules and...