Characterization of the in vitro co-assembly process of the intermediate filament proteins vimentin and desmin: Mixed polymers at all stages of assembly

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 379-391

  Wickert, Ute ^a   Mücke, Norbert ^a   Wedig, Tatjana ^a   Müller, Shirley A ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Herrmann, Harald ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Assembly; Desmin; Electron microscopy; Intermediate filaments; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DIMER; EDETIC ACID; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; POLYMER; TETRAMER; TROMETAMOL; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 14844362394     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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