Vimentin: The conundrum of the intermediate filament gene family

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Evans, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031912140     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<79::AID-BIES11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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