An essential cytoskeletal linker protein connecting actin microfilaments to intermediate filaments

Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-665

  Yang, Yanmin ^a   Dowling, James ^a   Yu, Qian Chun ^a   Kouklis, Panos ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^b   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030598838     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80138-5     Document Type: Article

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