The epidermal intermediate filament proteins of tunicates are distant keratins; a polymerisation-competent hetero coiled coil of the Styela D protein and Xenopus keratin 8

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 478-487

  Wang, Jian ^a   Karabinos, Anton ^a   Schünemann, Jürgen ^a   Riemer, Dieter ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Intermediate filament protein; Keratin; Metazoa; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; STYELA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033862986     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00069     Document Type: Article

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