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Also known as HA8, KRTHA8, hHa8, keratin 38

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.

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KRT38
Name
keratin 38
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
HA8, KRTHA8, hHa8

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II keratins to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21 and have the same direction of transcription. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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keratin 38

Symbol
KRT38
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
17:41,436,154-41,440,983
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
68361
genomic end
41440983
genomic start
41436154
cytogenetic location
17q21.2
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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.

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