Hair keratin

Hair keratin is a type of keratin found in hair and nails. There are two types of hair keratin:

* the acidic type I hair keratin
**type I hair keratin 1, Gene|KRT31
**type I hair keratin 2, Gene|KRT32
**type I hair keratin 3A, Gene|KRT33A
**type I hair keratin 3B, Gene|KRT33B
**type I hair keratin 4, Gene|KRT34
**type I hair keratin 5, Gene|KRT35
**type I hair keratin 6, Gene|KRT36
**type I hair keratin 7, Gene|KRT37
**type I hair keratin 8, Gene|KRT38

* the basic type II hair keratin.
**type II hair keratin 1, Gene|KRT81
**type II hair keratin 2, Gene|KRT82
**type II hair keratin 3, Gene|KRT83
**type II hair keratin 4, Gene|KRT84
**type II hair keratin 5, Gene|KRT85
**type II hair keratin 6, Gene|KRT86

External links

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* http://www.expasy.org/spotlight/snapshot/2006/05/hair_keratin.shtml