Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space
- 17 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 283 (5744), 249-255
- https://doi.org/10.1038/283249a0
Abstract
Five chemically distinct classes of intermediate filaments can be identified within higher eukaryotic cells. Each class is characteristic of a particular cell type. These filaments may function to integrate mechanically the various structures of the cytoplasmic space in a way that is tailored to the differentiated state of the cell.Keywords
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