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KRT38
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT38, HA8, KRTHA8, hHa8, keratin 38
External IDs	OMIM: 604542; HomoloGene: 68361; GeneCards: KRT38; OMA:KRT38 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 17 (human) Band 17q21.2 Start 41,436,154 bp End 41,440,983 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in hair follicle skin of thigh skin of abdomen pharynx tonsil head gonad mouth mucosa of esophagus salivary gland n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding structural molecule activity Cellular component intermediate filament extracellular exosome cytosol Biological process keratinization cornification Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 8687 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000171360 n/a UniProt O76015 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006771 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_006762 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 41.44 – 41.44 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a
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KRT38 is a keratin gene. Its corresponding protein is asymmetrically distributed within human hair follicles. It does not have murine or equine orthologs. The encoded protein is a type I keratin and a hair keratin.

References

1. ^ GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171360 – Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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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