Characterization of human epiplakin: RNAi-mediated epiplakin depletion leads to the disruption of keratin and vimentin IF networks

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 781-793

  Jang, Shyh Ing ^a,b   Kalinin, Alexandr ^a   Takahashi, Kaoruko ^a   Marekov, Lyuben N ^a   Steinert, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b CRC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiplakin; Intermediate filaments; Keratinocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EPIPLAKIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 14944346909     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01647     Document Type: Article

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