History and phylogeny of intermediate filaments: Now in insects

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Herrmann, Harald ^a   Strelkov, Sergei V ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ISOTOMURUS MACULATUS; METAZOA;

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LAMIN;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; INSECT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LAMINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 79952062041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-16     Document Type: Note

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