Against The Rules: Human Keratin K80

    September 2010 in “ Journal of Biological Chemistry ”
    Lutz Langbein, Leopold Eckhart, Michael A. Rogers … J. Schweizer
    Studysummary This study found that keratin K80, structurally similar to hair keratins, is broadly expressed in various epithelial tissues and is involved in intermediate filament formation with multiple type I partners.
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