Cytoplasmic intermediate filaments revealed as dynamic and multipurpose scaffolds

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 699-706

  Coulombe, Pierre A ^a   Wong, Pauline ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; BIOPOLYMER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 4143134431     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb0804-699     Document Type: Review

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