Hair Follicle Differentiation: Expression, Structure, and Evolutionary Conservation of the Hair Type II Keratin Intermediate Filament Gene Family

    February 1992 in “ Development ”
    Barry C. Powell, Lesley Crocker, George E. Rogers
    Studysummary This study characterizes a type II keratin intermediate filament gene family involved in early sheep follicle differentiation, detailing gene expression patterns and sequences in hair cortical cells.
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