Filensin and phakinin form a novel type of beaded intermediate filaments and coassemble de novo in cultured cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 643-655

  Goulielmos, George ^a   Gounari, Fotini ^a   Remington, Susann ^a   Müller, Shirley ^c   Häner, Markus ^c   Aebi, Ueli ^c   Georgatos, Spyros D ^a,b,d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0030024023     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.4.643     Document Type: Article

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