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Intermediate Filaments

Intermediate filament is a type of cytoskeletal filament, intermediate in diameter between microfilaments and microtubules, that provides mechanical strength to cells and tissues through a network of tissue-specific, fibrous proteins.

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CNS stem cells express a new class of intermediate filament protein

Urban Lendahl, Lyle B. Zimmerman, Ronald D.G. McKay · Cell · 1990 · 3.2K citations

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A promiscuous biotin ligase fusion protein identifies proximal and interacting proteins in mammalian cells

Kyle J. Roux, Dae In Kim, Manfred Raida et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2012 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space

Elias Lazarides · Nature · 1980 · 2K citations

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The nuclear lamina is a meshwork of intermediate-type filaments

Ueli Aebi, Julie Cohn, Loren Buhle et al. · Nature · 1986 · 981 citations

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Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Melissa G. Mendez, Shin‐ichiro Kojima, Robert D. Goldman · The FASEB Journal · 2010 · 952 citations

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    Werner W. Franke

    German Cancer Research Center, Germany

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    Harald Herrmann

    German Cancer Research Center, Germany

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    Peter M. Steinert

    National Institutes of Health, United States

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    Robert D. Goldman

    Northwestern University, United States

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    Klaus Weber

    Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

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    Heidelberg, Germany

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    Munich, Germany

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