Roles of head and tail domains in α-internexin's self-assembly and coassembly with the neurofilament triplet proteins

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-333

  Ching, Gee Y ^a   Liem, Ronald K H ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

internexin; Head domain; Intermediate filament; Neurofilament protein; Tail domain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

AMINO ACIDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031883774     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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