Keratin 2A
Appearance
keratin 2A | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | KRT2A | ||||||
NCBI gene | 3849 | ||||||
HGNC | 6439 | ||||||
OMIM | 600194 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_000423 | ||||||
UniProt | P35908 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Locus | Chr. 12 q11-q13 | ||||||
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Keratin 2A is a type II cytokeratin. It is found largely in the upper spinous layer of epidermal keratinocytes and mutations in the gene encoding this protein have been associated with bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma.