Isolation, characterization, and in vitro assembly of intermediate filaments

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2004, Issue 78, 2004, Pages 3-24

  Herrmann, Harald ^a   Kreplak, Laurent ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LAMIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CHO CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LAMINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 14244253598     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)78001-2     Document Type: Review

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