Keratin-2
"Keratin-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type II keratin found expressed in the upper spinous layer of epidermal KERATINOCYTES. Mutations in genes that encode keratin-2A have been associated with ICHTHYOSIS BULLOSA OF SIEMENS.
| Descriptor ID |
D053557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.593.450.600.200 D12.776.220.475.450.600.200 D12.776.860.607.650.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Keratin-2- Keratin-2
- Keratin 2
- Cytokeratin-2
- Cytokeratin 2
Keratin-2A- Keratin-2A
- Keratin 2A
- Keratin-2E
- Keratin 2E
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