Sequence Analyses of Type I and Type II Chains in Human Hair and Epithelial Keratin Intermediate Filaments: Promiscuous Obligate Heterodimers, Type II Template for Molecule Formation and a Rationale for Heterodimer Formation

    December 2006 in “ Journal of Structural Biology
    Thomasin A. Smith, David Parry
    Studysummary Type I and Type II keratin chains can form heterodimers despite sequence differences.
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