Conserved segments 1A and 2B of the intermediate filament dimer: Their atomic structures and role in filament assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1255-1266

  Strelkov, Sergei V ^a   Herrmann, Harald ^a   Geisler, Norbert ^a   Wedig, Tatjana ^b   Zimbelmann, Ralf ^c   Aebi, Ueli ^d   Burkhard, Peter ^e  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic structure; Coiled coil; Intermediate filaments; Vimentin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PHENYLALANINE; VIMENTIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIMENTIN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037086445     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.6.1255     Document Type: Article

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