Protein Name | keratin 73 |
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Organism | Homo sapiens |
Gene ID | 319101 |
Gene Symbol | KRT73 |
UniProt | Q86Y46 (K2C73_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
7
Total Number of Articles : 4 |
Description |
keratin 73 |
Gene Summary |
Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009] |
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