keratin 38
Identifiers
SymbolKRT38
Alt. symbolsKRTHA8
NCBI gene8687
HGNC6456
RefSeqNM_006771
Other data
LocusChr. 17 q12-q21

KRT38 is a keratin gene. Its corresponding protein is asymmetrically distributed within human hair follicles.[1] It does not have murine[2] or equine[3] orthologs.

References

  1. Westgate GE, Ginger RS, Green MR (June 2017). "The biology and genetics of curly hair". Experimental Dermatology. 26 (6): 483–490. doi:10.1111/exd.13347. hdl:10454/14702. PMID 28370528. S2CID 44671559.
  2. Takan I, Karakülah G, Louka A, Pavlopoulou A (17 March 2023). ""In the light of evolution:" keratins as exceptional tumor biomarkers". PeerJ. 11: e15099. doi:10.7717/peerj.15099. PMC 10026720. PMID 36949761.
  3. Balmer P, Bauer A, Pujar S, McGarvey KM, Welle M, Galichet A, et al. (28 August 2017). "A curated catalog of canine and equine keratin genes". PLOS ONE. 12 (8): e0180359. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280359B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180359. PMC 5573215. PMID 28846680.
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