Inroads into the structure and function of intermediate filament networks

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

  Goldman, Robert D ^a   Cleland, Megan M ^a   Murthy, S N Prasanna ^a   Mahammad, Saleemulla ^a   Kuczmarski, Edward R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Intermediate filaments; Keratin; Phosphorylation; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; PERIPHERIN; RHODAMINE; VIMENTIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTINYLATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; STAINING; TONOFILAMENT; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; VIMENTIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855833123     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.11.017     Document Type: Review

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