KRT71, Official Symbol KRT71provided by HGNC Official Full Name keratin 71provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:28927 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000139648 MIM:608245; AllianceGenome:HGNC:28927 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as HYPT13; K6IRS1; KRT6IRS; KRT6IRS1 Summary Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009] Expression Low expression observed in reference dataset See more Orthologs all