The human type I keratin gene family: Characterization of new hair follicle specific members and evaluation of the chromosome 17q21.2 gene domain

Differentiation

Volumn 72, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 527-540

  Rogers, Michael A ^a   Winter, Hermelita ^a   Langbein, Lutz ^a   Bleiler, Raphael ^a   Schweizer, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Gene expression; Hair follicle; Keratin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HHA3-I GENE; HHA7 GENE; HHA8 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; K18 GENE; K23 GENE; K24 GENE; K25IRS1 GENE; K25IRS4 GENE; KA35 GENE; KA36 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 21644472656     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2004.07209006.x     Document Type: Article

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