Analysis of the roles of the head domains of type IV rat neuronal intermediate filament proteins in filament assembly using domain-swapped chimeric proteins

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2233-2240

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

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys and S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

internexin; Assembly; Domain swapping; Head domain; Intermediate filament; Neurofilament triplet protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0032866536     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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