Cryo-electron microscopy of trichocyte (hard α-keratin) intermediate filaments reveals a low-density core

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 109-118

  Watts, Norman R ^a,e   Jones, Leslie N ^b   Cheng, Naiqian ^a   Wall, Joseph S ^c   Parry, David A D ^d   Steven, Alasdair C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Hair; Image reconstruction; Keratin filaments; Polymorphism; Scanning transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; FIBER; FREEZE DRYING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRISSA; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 18744398716     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2002.4469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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