KRT71 is a
keratin
Keratin () is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as ''scleroproteins''. Alpha-keratin (α-keratin) is a type of keratin found in vertebrates. It is the key structural material making up scales, hair, nails, feathers, ho ...
gene. Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are
subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner
root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.(provided by
RefSeq, Jun 2009)
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