Common and variant properties of intermediate filament proteins from lower chordates and vertebrates; two proteins from the tunicate Styela and the identification of a type III homologue

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2967-2975

  Riemer, Dieter ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephalochordate; Chordate; Desmin; Deuterostome; Intermediate filament; Tunicate; Urochordate; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESMIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UROCHORDATA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; STYELA; STYELA PLICATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031761461     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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