An updated nomenclature for keratin-associated proteins (KAPs)

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Gong, Hua ^a   Zhou, Huitong ^a   McKenzie, Grant W ^a   Yu, Zhidong ^b   Clerens, Stefan ^c   Dyer, Jolon M ^c   Plowman, Jeffrey E ^c   Wright, Mathew W ^d   Arora, Reena ^e   Bawden, C Simon ^f   Chen, Yulin ^g   Li, Jinquan ^h   Hickford, Jonathan G H ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^f Molecular Biology Laboratory   (Australia)

^g NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Di versity; Genetic variation; Keratin associated protein (KAP) gene (KRTAP); Nomenclature; Species

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863050753     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3278     Document Type: Review

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