The molecular biology of intermediate filaments

Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 411-419

  Steinert, Peter M ^a   Steven, Alasdair C ^a   Roop, Dennis R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEREDITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, STRUCTURAL; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0022312879     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(85)90098-4     Document Type: Review

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