Protein Name | keratin 37 |
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Organism | Homo sapiens |
Gene ID | 8688 |
Gene Symbol | KRT37 |
UniProt | O76014 (KRT37_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
7
Total Number of Articles : 6 |
Description |
keratin 37 |
Gene Summary |
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II keratins to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21 and have the same direction of transcription. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] |
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