Keratin-12
"Keratin-12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type I keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-3 in the CORNEA and is regarded as a marker for corneal-type epithelial differentiation. Mutations in the gene for keratin-12 have been associated with MEESMANN CORNEAL EPITHELIAL DYSTROPHY.
| Descriptor ID |
D053551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.593.450.300.200 D12.776.220.475.450.300.200 D12.776.860.607.300.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Keratin-12- Keratin-12
- Keratin 12
- Cytokeratin-12
- Cytokeratin 12
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