The Two Functional Keratin 6 Genes of Mouse Are Differentially Regulated and Evolved Independently from Their Human Orthologs

    October 1998 in “ Genomics ”
    Kenzo Takahashi, Bing Yan, K Yamanishi … Pierre A. Coulombe
    Studysummary This study found that the mK6alpha and mK6beta genes in mice are regulated differently at the mRNA level, with implications for understanding K6 gene evolution and function in mammals.
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