| Protein Name | keratin 34 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 3885 |
| Gene Symbol | KRT34 |
| UniProt | O76011 (KRT34_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
21
Total Number of Articles : 15 |
Description |
keratin 34 |
| 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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