Intermediate filament mechanics in vitro and in the cell: From coiled coils to filaments, fibers and networks

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-91

  Köster, Sarah ^a   Weitz, David A ^b   Goldman, Robert D ^c   Aebi, Ueli ^d   Herrmann, Harald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; AMINO ACID;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER MODEL; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPLASM; FIBER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

METAZOA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS;

EID: 84925060211     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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