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Characterization of an Intermediate Filament Protein from the Platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica.
Protein and peptide letters - 1 Jan 2020
Yamamoto Akiko, Matsunaga Ken-Ichiro, Anai Toyoaki, Kawano Hitoshi, Ueda Toshihisa, Matsumoto Toshihiko, Ando Shoji
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BACKGROUND: Intermediate Filaments (IFs) are major constituents of the cytoskeletal systems in animal cells. OBJECTIVE: To gain insights into the structure-function relationship of invertebrate cytoplasmic IF proteins, we characterized an IF protein from the platyhelminth, Dugesia japonica, termed Dif-1. METHODS: cDNA cloning, in situ hybridization, immunohistochemical analysis, and IF assembly experiments in...
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