Pairwise assembly determines the intrinsic potential for self-organization and mechanical properties of keratin filaments

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 382-391

  Yamada, Soichiro ^a   Wirtz, Denis ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; POLYMER; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036151692     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.01-10-0522     Document Type: Article

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