Primary sequence, secondary structure, gene structure, and assembly properties suggests that the lens-specific cytoskeletal protein filensin represents a novel class of intermediate filament protein

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 625-644

  Hess, John F ^a   Casselman, Jodi T ^a   Kong, Allen P ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaded filament; CP49; Cytoskeleton; Filensin; Intermediate filament; Lens

Indexed keywords

FILENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CYTOSKELETON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032077115     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0478     Document Type: Article

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