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Keratins: a structural scaffold with emerging functions.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Jan 2003
Kirfel J, Magin T M, Reichelt J
Abstract excerpt
Intermediate filament proteins form an essential part of the cytoskeleton and provide topological order to cells and tissues. These features result from their intrinsic property of self-organization and their response to extrinsic cues. Keratins represent the largest subgroup among all intermediate filament proteins and are differentially expressed as pairs of type I and type II intermediate filament proteins in...
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