Small heat shock proteins, the cytoskeleton, and inclusion body formation

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 304-312

  Head, M W ^a   Goldman, J E ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

B crystallin; Cytoskeleton; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Heat shock protein 27 kDa; Inclusion bodies; Intermediate filaments; Rosenthal fibres; Small heat shock proteins

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INCLUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CYTOSKELETON; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FIBER; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DISEASES; CRYSTALLINS; CYTOSKELETON; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS;

EID: 0033853066     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2000.00269.x     Document Type: Review

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