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Hard Keratin IF and Associated Proteins

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Cellular and Molecular Biology of Intermediate Filaments

Abstract

The strong and durable nature of the hairs, nails, hooves, horns, and claws of mammals derives from the synthesis and subsequent cross-linked network of keratin proteins. These proteins are traditionally known as hard keratins in distinction to those characteristic of softer, more flexible, keratinized epithelia such as stratum corneum. Hard keratin tissues typically express complex patterns of keratin proteins, yet despite obvious phenotypic variation they all appear to express common sets of keratin genes.

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Powell, B.C., Rogers, G.E. (1990). Hard Keratin IF and Associated Proteins. In: Goldman, R.D., Steinert, P.M. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Biology of Intermediate Filaments. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9604-9_10

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