The in vitro assembly of hair follicle keratins: Comparison of cortex and companion layer keratins

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1373-1381

  Hofmann, Ilse ^a   Winter, Hermelita ^a   Mücke, Norbert ^a   Langowski, Jürg ^a   Schweizer, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Electron microscopy; In vitro assembly; Intermediate filaments; Urea melting gels

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GLUTAMIC ACID; KERATIN; LYSINE; UREA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; OLIGOMERIZATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0036754802     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.156     Document Type: Article

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