Novel features of intermediate filament dynamics revealed by green fluorescent protein chimeras

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1767-1778

  Ho, Chung Liang ^a,b   Martys, Jayme L ^a   Mikhailov, Alexei ^a   Gundersen, Gregg G ^a   Liem, Ronald K H ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; GFP; Intermediate filament; Microtubule; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NOCODAZOLE; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031826844     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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