Association of plectin with Z-discs is a prerequisite for the formation of the intermyofibrillar desmin cytoskeleton

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 455-464

  Schröder, Rolf ^a   Fürst, Dieter O ^b   Klasen, Christian ^a   Reimann, Jens ^a   Herrmann, Harald ^c   Van Der Ven, Peter F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; PLECTIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOTUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0342424740     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780051     Document Type: Article

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