Cytokeratin 17

A type I cytokeratin, molecular weight 46 kD, expressed by skin appendages and implicated in pachyonychia congenita-21.

References

1Chu, P. G. and L. M. Weiss (2002). "Keratin expression in human tissues and neoplasms." Histopathology 40(5): 403-39.

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