Complex formation and kinetics of filament assembly exhibited by the simple epithelial keratins K8 and K18

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Lichtenstern, Tanja ^a   Mücke, Norbert ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Mauermann, Monika ^a   Herrmann, Harald ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Assembly kinetics; Electron microscopy; Intermediate filament; Recombinant keratins

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; DESMIN; MAGNESIUM ION; TETRAMER; UREA; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN RENATURATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SOLUBILITY; TIME; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VISCOMETRY;

CYTOSKELETON; DESMIN; HUMANS; KERATIN-18; KERATIN-8; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84855850260     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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