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]
Tissue Specificity:
Expressed in the hair follicle.
Similarity:
Belongs to the intermediate filament family.
SWISS:
O76011
Gene ID:
3885
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 3885 Human
Entrez Gene: 303528 Rat
GenBank: BC041070.1 Human
Omim: 602763 Human
SwissProt: O76011 Human
Unigene: 296942 Human
Unigene: 43921 Rat
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