Vimentin: the conundrum of the intermediate filament gene family.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<79::AID-BIES11>3.0.CO;2-5

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Vimentin: the conundrum of the intermediate filament gene family.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jan 1998

Evans R M

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Intermediate filaments are a major component of the "cytoskeleton" of "higher" eukaryotes. These filaments are composed of a number of different, although structurally related, proteins. Different intermediate filament protein genes are expressed in different tissues. Spontaneous and experimental...

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Animals
Cells, Cultured
Lipid Metabolism
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Multigene Family
Mutation
Phenotype
Vimentin

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