keratin 38
Identifiers
SymbolKRT38
Alt. symbolsKRTHA8
NCBI gene8687
HGNC6456
RefSeqNM_006771
Other data
LocusChr. 17 q12-q21

KRT38 is a keratin gene. Its corresponding protein is asymmetrically distributed within human hair follicles.[1] It does not have murine[2] or equine[3] orthologs.

References

  1. ^ Westgate GE, Ginger RS, Green MR (June 2017). "The biology and genetics of curly hair". Experimental Dermatology. 26 (6): 483–490. doi:10.1111/exd.13347. hdl:10454/14702. PMID 28370528. S2CID 44671559.
  2. ^ Takan I, Karakülah G, Louka A, Pavlopoulou A (17 March 2023). ""In the light of evolution:" keratins as exceptional tumor biomarkers". PeerJ. 11: e15099. doi:10.7717/peerj.15099. PMC 10026720. PMID 36949761.
  3. ^ Balmer P, Bauer A, Pujar S, McGarvey KM, Welle M, Galichet A, et al. (28 August 2017). "A curated catalog of canine and equine keratin genes". PLOS ONE. 12 (8): e0180359. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280359B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180359. PMC 5573215. PMID 28846680.
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