Update of the keratin gene family: evolution, tissue-specific expression patterns, and relevance to clinical disorders
Ho M, Thompson B, Fisk JN, Nebert DW, Bruford EA, Vasiliou V, Bunick CG. Update of the keratin gene family: evolution, tissue-specific expression patterns, and relevance to clinical disorders. Human Genomics 2022, 16: 1. PMID: 34991727, PMCID: PMC8733776, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-021-00374-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue-specific expression patternsKeratin genesExpression patternsHuman disease-causing variantsType II keratin genesGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) projectIntermediate filament genesKeratin gene familyEarly metazoan evolutionGene expression patternsAmphibian genomesZebrafish genomeAnimal genomesParalogous proteinsMetazoan evolutionGene expansionChromosome 17q21.2Gene familyFilament genesSpecies survivalDivergent functionsExpression projectChromosomal segmentsChr 11Chr 15