Characterisation and tissue-specific expression of the two keratin subfamilies of intermediate filament proteins in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Karabinos, Anton ^a   Riemer, Dieter ^a   Panopoulou, Georgia ^b   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Cephalochordates; Chordates; Cytoskeleton; Keratins

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BRANCHIOSTOMA;

EID: 0033974285     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0171-9335(04)70003-5     Document Type: Article

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