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KRT79

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KRT79
Identifiers
AliasesKRT79, K6L, KRT6L, keratin 79
External IDsOMIM: 611160; MGI: 2385030; HomoloGene: 89169; GeneCards: KRT79; OMA:KRT79 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_175834

NM_146063

RefSeq (protein)

NP_787028

NP_666175

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 52.82 – 52.83 MbChr 15: 101.84 – 101.85 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Keratin 79 also known as KRT79 is a protein which humans is encoded by the KRT79 gene.[5][6]

Function

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Keratins, such as KRT79, are filament proteins that make up one of the major structural fibers of epithelial cells[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000185640Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000061397Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Hesse M, Magin TM, Weber K (July 2001). "Genes for intermediate filament proteins and the draft sequence of the human genome: novel keratin genes and a surprisingly high number of pseudogenes related to keratin genes 8 and 18". J. Cell Sci. 114 (Pt 14): 2569–75. doi:10.1242/jcs.114.14.2569. PMID 11683385.
  6. ^ "Entrez Gene: KRT79 keratin 79".
  7. ^ Rogers MA, Edler L, Winter H, Langbein L, Beckmann I, Schweizer J (March 2005). "Characterization of new members of the human type II keratin gene family and a general evaluation of the keratin gene domain on chromosome 12q13.13". J. Invest. Dermatol. 124 (3): 536–44. doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23530.x. PMID 15737194.

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.