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Desmin

Known as: Desmin [Chemical/Ingredient], Skeletin 
An intermediate filament protein found predominantly in smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle cells. Localized at the Z line. MW 50,000 to 55,000 is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cardiac Muscle ContractionCell MovementCytokinesisCytoskeletal Gene

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2004
2004
The development of the Purkinje fibre system in the bovine fetal heart
SummaryIn the bovine fetal heart, subendocardial bundles of cells could be distinguished from the main myocardial mass. Their… 
1985
1985
Ventricular repolarization and fibrillation threshold in hibernating species.
Hibernators are resistant to ventricular fibrillation (VF) induced by hypothermia. This is in contrast to non-hibernating mammals… 
1982
1982
Differentiation of the myofibrils and the intermediate filament system during postnatal development of the rat heart.
The differentiation of the myofibrils and the intermediate filament system during postnatal development of the rat heart has been… 
1982
1982
Ultrastructural identification of human fetal Purkinje fibres--a comparative immunocytochemical and electron microscopic study of composition and structure of myofibrillar M-regions.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Properties of Ca2+-activated protease specific for the intermediate-sized filament protein vimentin in Ehrlich-ascites-tumour cells.
A Ca2+-activated neutral protease is described which, when tested against various native proteins, appears to be specific for… 
1980
1980
Smooth muscle autoantibodies reacting with cytoplasmic intermediate filaments in sera from normal, nonimmunized rabbits.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Viral infections and IgM autoantibodies to cytoplasmic intermediate filaments.
Seventy-four out of 113 sera from patients with infectious hepatitis, chickenpox, measles and mumps reacted with both smooth… 
1979
1979
Skeletin immunoreactivity in heart Purkinje fibers from several species.
Ever since its discovery, the identification of the specialized conducting system of the heart has been a matter of debate. In… 
1979
1979
Isolation and partial characterization of intermediate filament protein (skeletin) from cow heart Purkinje fibres.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Actin in mammalian lens.
In this paper evidence is provided that one of the protein components of the water-soluble fraction of the calf lens binds… 
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