Intermediate filaments and their associated proteins: multiple dynamic personalities.
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A fusion of mouse and human genetics has now proven that intermediate filaments form a flexible scaffold essential for structuring cytoplasm in a variety of cell contexts. In some cases, the formation of this scaffold is achieved through a newly identified family of intermediate-filament-associated proteins that form cross-bridges between intermediate filaments and other cytoskeletal elements, including actin and microtubules.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current opinion in cell biology
دوره 10 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998