keratin 34

Symbol

KRT34 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II keratins to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21 and have the same direction of transcription. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Orthologs

Symbol	Species
Krt33b	Mus musculus

Links to external resources

Entrez Gene: 3885
OMIM: 602763
Ensembl: ENSG00000131737
UniProt: O76011
UniGene: Hs.296942
GeneCards

Changes associated with this gene

Identifier	Name	Type	Tissues	Organism	Gene	Data	Actions
DAA3232	Gene expression of KRT34 decreases with age	Molecular	skin	Human	KRT34	—

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GO Terms

GO ID	GO Term	GO Category
GO:0008544	epidermis development	biological_process
GO:0005882	intermediate filament	cellular_component
GO:0005198	structural molecule activity	molecular_function