Xefiltin, a new low molecular weight neuronal intermediate filament protein of Xenopus laevis, shares sequence features with goldfish gefiltin and mammalian α-internexin and differs in expression from XNIF and NF-L

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-364

  Zhao, Yangu ^a   Szaro, Ben G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian; intermediate filament; plasticity; telencephalon; visual system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; HABENULA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY GANGLION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; GOLDFISH; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031031219     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970120)377:3<351::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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