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No scales are formed in small juveniles but are present in a 5 cm long juvenile and in larger juveniles. Elastin and a mineralizing matrix are localized underneath the basement membrane of the tail epidermis where lepidotriches are forming. The latter appears as \u201ccircular bodies\u201d in cross sections and are made of elongated cells surrounding a central amorphous area containing collagen and elastin-like proteins that undergo calcification as evidenced using the von Kossa staining. However, the first calcification sites are the coniform teeth of the small juveniles of 2\u20133 cm in length. In the superficial dermis of juveniles (16\u201326 cm in length) where scales are formed, the spinulated outer bony layer (squamulin) of the elasmoid scales contains osteonectin, alkaline phosphatase, osteopontin, and calcium deposits that are instead absent in the underlying layer of elasmodin. In particular, these glycoproteins are localized along the scale margin in juveniles where scales grow, as indicated by the presence of PCNA-labeled cells (proliferating). These observations suggest a continuous deposition of new bone during the growth of the scales, possibly under the action of these mineralizing glycoproteins, like in the endoskeleton of terrestrial vertebrates.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jdb11030035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]],"date-time":"2023-08-14T11:07:10Z","timestamp":1692011230000},"page":"35","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Immunolocalization of Some Epidermal Proteins and Glycoproteins in the Growing Skin of the Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8247-2217","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lorenzo","family":"Alibardi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Histolab Padova, 35100 Padova, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"8","article-title":"The skin of fishes including cyclostomes. 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