The single nuclear lamin of Caenorhabditis elegans forms in vitro stable intermediate filaments and paracrystals with a reduced axial periodicity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-247

  Karabinos, Anton ^a   Schünemann, Jürgen ^a   Meyer, Michael ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Ciona intestinalis; Intermediate filament; Lamin; Paracrystals

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LAMIN; LAMIN B; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHICKEN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; METAZOA;

EID: 0037227428     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01240-8     Document Type: Article

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