intermediate filament

Interactions between intermediate filaments and other proteins are also being pursued.

There are about 70 different genes coding for various intermediate filament proteins.

In Ching et al., a model of the intermediate filaments assembly is proposed.

It is composed of intermediate filaments and membrane associated proteins.

A well documented function of Hsp27 is the interaction with actin and intermediate filaments.

Synemin has properties very similar to the intermediate filament syncoilin.

Desmin, as all intermediate filaments, shows no polarity when assembled.

Later crystallographic studies have confirmed this as a general model for intermediate filament protein structure.

This structure of tektins suggests that they are evolutionarily related to intermediate filaments.

They have been found to be attached to the sarcoplasmic reticulum and its intermediate filaments.

Keratins are heteropolymeric structural proteins which form the intermediate filament.

Microfilament and intermediate filaments also play an important role in the cytoskeleton, but these are generally overlooked.

Most types of intermediate filaments are cytoplasmic, but one type, the lamins, are nuclear.

This keeps its tapered structure with cytoskeletal fibres, mainly intermediate filaments.

Nesprin-3 binds to plectin, which is bound to the intermediate filaments, while nesprin-4 interacts with kinesin-1.

Alternatively, these proteins can interact with keratin intermediate filaments.

Intermediate filaments are an integral part of cell motility, a requirement for any large migration or cellular reaction.

Desmin is an intermediate filament protein, which is linked to the desmosomes.

This dependence seems to be the first process of a biochemical function in any cell that depends on a cellular intermediate filament network.

Fibrous keratin molecules can twist around each other to form helical intermediate filaments.

Possible involvement of intermediate filaments such as peripherin in neurodegenerative diseases is currently being investigated.

The nuclear envelope's structure is determined by a network of intermediate filaments (protein filaments).

The other parts are more stiff and are composed of intermediate filaments and microtubules.

Tonofilaments are keratin intermediate filaments that make up tonofibrils in epithelial tissue.

Macula adherens stop separation during contraction by binding intermediate filaments, joining the cells together.