Plectin Regulates the Organization of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Alexander Disease

Mutations in GFAP, encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein, are associated with Alexander disease

Michael Brenner, Odile Boespflug‐Tanguy, Diana Rodriguez et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 681 citations

Mendelian Disorder, Disease Mechanism, Genetic Disorder +9

Targeted inactivation of plectin reveals essential function in maintaining the integrity of skin, muscle, and heart cytoarchitecture

Kerstin Andrä, Hans Lassmann, Reginald E. Bittner et al. · Genes & Development · 1997 · 334 citations · Full text

Not just scaffolding: plectin regulates actin dynamics in cultured cells

Kerstin Andrä, B Nikolic, Markus Stöcher et al. · Genes & Development · 1998 · 219 citations · Full text

Basic amino acid residue cluster within nuclear targeting sequence motif is essential for cytoplasmic plectin-vimentin network junctions.

B Nikolic, E Mac Nulty, Bilal Ahmad Mir et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1996 · 182 citations · Full text

Intermediate Filament, Molecular Biology, Cytoskeleton +18

Identification of the Cytolinker Plectin as a Major Early In Vivo Substrate for Caspase 8 during CD95- and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis

Alexander H. Stegh, Harald Herrmann, Stefan Lampel et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2000 · 157 citations · Full text

Apoptosis, Immunology, Cell Death +18