Plasticin, a type III neuronal intermediate filament protein, assembles as an obligate heteropolymer: Implications for axonal flexibility

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1475-1486

  Asch, William S ^a   Schechter, Nisson ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonogenesis; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilament; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PLASTICIN; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EYE PROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION; VIMENTIN; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033812601     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751475.x     Document Type: Article

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