Alessia Nardi

Identification of reptilian genes encoding hair keratin-like proteins suggests a new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hair

Leopold Eckhart, Luisa Dalla Valle, Karin Jaeger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 115 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

Forty keratin‐associated β‐proteins (β‐keratins) form the hard layers of scales, claws, and adhesive pads in the green anole lizard, <i>Anolis carolinensis</i>

Luisa Dalla Valle, Alessia Nardi, Giulia Bonazza et al. · Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution · 2009 · 85 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +14

Cloning and characterization of scale β‐keratins in the differentiating epidermis of geckoes show they are glycine‐proline‐serine–rich proteins with a central motif homologous to avian β‐keratins

Luisa Dalla Valle, Alessia Nardi, Vania Toffolo et al. · Developmental Dynamics · 2006 · 75 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Zoology +10

Beta‐keratins of turtle shell are glycine‐proline‐tyrosine rich proteins similar to those of crocodilians and birds

Luisa Dalla Valle, Alessia Nardi, Mattia Toni et al. · Journal of Anatomy · 2009 · 74 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Zoology +13

Tissue-specific transcriptional initiation and activity of steroid sulfatase complementing dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate uptake and intracrine steroid activations in human adipose tissue

Luisa Dalla Valle, Vania Toffolo, Alessia Nardi et al. · Journal of Endocrinology · 2006 · 59 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology +17