Keratin pattern in human and buccal and hard palate mucosa.
As a preliminary study the keratin proteins of human oral stratified epithelia from buccal mucosa and hard palate were investigated using SDS-PAGE technique. The keratinized hard palate consistently showed six polypeptides varying in molecular weight from 47 to 67 k daltons, whereas the nonkeratinized buccal epithelium lacked the larger polypeptides and showed three polypeptides with molecular weight from 50 to 56 k daltons. The individual variations in the SDS-gel pattern from eight clinically normal individuals were restricted to minor quantitative differences.
D002610:Cheek; D004848:Epithelium / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010159:Palate
D007633:Keratins