Plectin is a linker of intermediate filaments to Z-discs in skeletal muscle fibers

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 867-876

  Hijikata, Takao ^a   Murakami, Tohru ^a   Imamura, Michihiro ^b   Fujimaki, Noboru ^a   Ishikawa, Harunori ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desmin; Intermediate filament; Plectin; Z disc

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; PLECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DESMIN; DIAPHRAGM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLECTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032899830     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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