Novel type I hair keratins K39 and K40 are the last to be expressed in differentiation of the hair: Completion of the human hair keratin catalog [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1532-1535

  Langbein, Lutz ^a   Rogers, Michael A ^b   Praetzel Wunder, Silke ^a   Böckler, Dittmar ^b   Schirmacher, Peter ^c   Schweizer, Jürgen ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; KERATIN 39; KERATIN 40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCALP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC;

EID: 34248525591     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700734     Document Type: Letter

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