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Designing a Western blot for KRT5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the KRT5 Western Blot GuideFacts about Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KRT5 |
| Uniprot: | P13647 |
| Entrez: | 3852 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| intermediate filament family |

58 kDa cytokeratin; CK5; CK-5; cytokeratin-5; DDD; EBS2; epidermolysis bullosa simplex 2 Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types; K5; keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockaynetypes); keratin 5; keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; Keratin-5; KRT5A; Type-II keratin Kb5
Mass (kDA):
62.378 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (52514575..52520394, complement) |





PMID: 2456903 by Eckert R.L., et al. The sequence of the human epidermal 58-kD (