Seven kinds of intermediate filament networks in the cytoplasm of polarized cells: Structure and function

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 19-31

  Iwatsuki, Hirohiko ^a   Suda, Masumi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Intermediate filament network; Neural stem cell; Organelle distribution; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951723732     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.10009     Document Type: Review

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