Characterization of the Promoter Regions of Two Sheep Keratin-Associated Protein Genes for Hair Cortex-Specific Expression

    April 2016 in “ PloS one ”
    Zhichao Zhao, Guangbin Liu, Xinyun Li … Mei Yu
    Studysummary This study found that the promoter region of the sheep KRTAP11-1 gene drives specific transcriptional activity in wool follicles, suggesting it may regulate hair keratinocyte specificity.
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