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Springer Intermediate Filaments 1998 Edition by Harald Herrmann J. Robin Harris
This text looks at subcellular chemistry particularly at intermediate filaments. Topics include fish intermediate filament proteins in structure evolution and function and lessons from keratin transgenic and knockout mice. Table of contents : 1. Fish Intermediate Filament Proteins in Structure Evolution and Function; J. Markl N. Schechter. 2. Intermediate Filament Organization during Oogenesis and Early Development in the Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis; D.L. Gard M.W. Klymkowsky. 3. The Complexity of Gene Families Involved in Epithelial Differentiation: Keratin Genes and the Epidermal Differentiation Complex; D. Mischke. 4. Keratin Modifications and Solubility Properties in Epithelial Cells and in Vitro; M.B. Omary et al. 5. Lessons from Keratin Transgenic and Knockout Mice; T.M. Magin. 6. The Wound Repair-Associated Keratins 6 16 and 17: Insights into the Role of Intermediate Filaments in Specifying Keratinocyte Cytoarchitecture; K. McGowan P.A. Coulombe. 7. Cytokeratins as Markers of Differentiation in the Diagnosis of Epithelial Tumors; R. Moll. 8. Molecular Dissection of Desmosomal Assembly and Intermediate Filament Anchorage; S.M. Troyanovsky R.E. Leube. 9. Lens Intermediate Filament Proteins; A. Sandilands et al. 10. Structure Assembly and Dynamics of Intermediate Filaments; H. Herrmann U. Aebi. 11. Measuring the Assembly Kinetics and Binding Properties of Intermediate Filament Proteins; I. Hofmann. 12. Visoelasticity of Intermediate Filament Networks; P.A. Janmey et al. 13. Transient Electric Birefringence in the Study of Intermediate Filament Assembly; H. van Amerongen et al. 14. Possible Regulation of Intermediate Filament Proteins by RhoBinding Kinases; K. Matsuzawa et al. 15. Vimentin and Lipid Metabolism; S.C. Schweitzer R.M. Evans. 16. Desmin Cytoskeleton in Muscle Integrity and Function; Y. Capetanaki D.J. Milner. 17. The Complexity of Intermediate Filaments in the Nervous System; C.L. Leung et al. 18. Extensive Phosphorylation and Axonal Transport of Triton-Soluble Neurofilament Subunits; T.B. Shea et al. 19. Lamin Assembly in Vitro; G. Krohne. 20. Nuclear Lamin-Binding Proteins; Q. Ye et al. Index.