Desmin: molecular interactions and putative functions of the muscle intermediate filament protein
Desmin is the intermediate filament (IF) protein occurring exclusively in muscle and endothelial cells. There are other IF proteins in muscle such as nestin, peripherin, and vimentin, besides the ubiquitous lamins, but they are not unique to muscle. Desmin was purified in 1977, the desmin gene was c...
Main Authors: | M.L. Costa, R. Escaleira, A. Cataldo, F. Oliveira, C.S. Mermelstein |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2004-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001200007 |
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