Characterization of Human Keratin-Associated Protein 1 Family Members

    Yutaka Shimomura, Noriaki Aoki, Michael A. Rogers … Masaaki Ito
    Studysummary This study found that genes in the human keratin-associated protein 1 family may have evolved mainly through gene duplication of cysteine-repeat motifs.
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