Human Hair Keratin-Associated Proteins: Sequence Regularities and Structural Implications

    May 2006 in “ Journal of Structural Biology ”
    David Parry, Thomasin A. Smith, Michael A. Rogers, Jürgen Schweizer
    Studysummary This study identified two key pentapeptide quasi-repeats in human keratin-associated proteins, which are similar to motifs found in sheep wool.
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