The nonhelical tail domain of keratin 14 promotes filament bundling and enhances the mechanical properties of keratin intermediate filaments in vitro

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 747-753

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Linglei, Ma ^a   Yamada, Soichiro ^b   Gu, Changhong ^a   Idei, Toshihiro ^c   Takahashi, Kenzo ^d   Wirtz, Denis ^b   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a,e  

^a Chiba University   (Japan)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linker; Intermediate filament; Keratin; Rheology; Tail domain

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; KERATIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GELS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATIN-14; KERATIN-5; KERATINS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035956431     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200104063     Document Type: Article

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