Neurofilaments are obligate heteropolymers in vivo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1337-1350

  Lee, Michael K ^a   Xu, Zuoshang ^a   Wong, Philip C ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSFECTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; L CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POLYMERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0027293898     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.122.6.1337     Document Type: Article

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