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Facts about Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | KRT8 |
Uniprot: | P05787 |
Entrez: | 3856 |
Belongs to: |
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intermediate filament family |
CARD2; CK8; CK-8; CYK8; Cytokeratin 8; Cytokeratin-8; EndoA; K2C8; K8; keratin 8; keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8; keratin-8; KO; KRT8; Type-II keratin Kb8
Mass (kDA):
53.704 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12q13.13 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (52897191..52949860, complement) |
Observed in muscle fibers accumulating in the costameres of myoplasm at the sarcolemma membrane in structures that contain dystrophin and spectrin. Expressed in gingival mucosa and hard palate of the oral cavity.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus, nucleoplasm. Nucleus matrix.
PMID: 1691124 by Krauss S., et al. Organization and sequence of the human gene encoding cytokeratin 8.
PMID: 1692965 by Yamamoto R., et al. Cloning and sequence of cDNA for human placental cytokeratin 8. Regulation of the mRNA in trophoblastic cells by cAMP.
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