Intermediate filament assembly: dynamics to disease

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-37

  Godsel, Lisa M ^a   Hobbs, Ryan P ^a   Green, Kathleen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; DESMIN; FILENSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NESTIN; NEUROFILAMENT H; NEUROFILAMENT L; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PERIPHERIN; PHAKININ; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SYNCOILIN; SYNEMIN ALPHA; SYNEMIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CELL LINE; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUTATION; RATS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37849013303     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2007.11.004     Document Type: Review

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