keratins

one of a family of fibrous structural proteins; protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress
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keratins

Summary

keratins is a group or class of proteins[1]. keratins ranks in the top 1% of group_or_class_of_proteins entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,767 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • keratins's instance of is recorded as group or class of proteins[3].
  • keratins is a type of fibrous protein[4].
  • keratins is a type of cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein[5].
  • keratins's Commons category is recorded as Keratins[6].
  • keratins's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Keratins[7].
  • keratins's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • keratins's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • keratins's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[10].
  • keratins's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • keratins's different from is recorded as carotene[12].

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Definition and Type

keratins's instance of is recorded as group or class of proteins[3]. Recorded subclass of include fibrous protein[4] and cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein[5].

Why It Matters

keratins ranks in the top 1% of group_or_class_of_proteins entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,767 views/month).[2] keratins has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] keratins is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . beautyloungelk.com. beautyloungelk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of fibrous protein, cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein
    Instance of
    Instance of group or class of proteins
    Topic's main category Category:Keratins
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27557, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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