Molecular modeling of vimentin filament assembly

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 472-478

  Downing, Donald Talbot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; helix; strand; coiled coil; desmin; keratin; vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030443369     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199612)26:4<472::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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