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Intermediate Filaments

Known as: Filament, Intermediate, Filaments, Intermediate, Intermediate filament 
A cytoskeletal structure that forms a distinct elongated structure, characteristically 10 nm in diameter, that occurs in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic… 
National Institutes of Health

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CytokeratinCytokeratin filamentsCytoskeletonKeratin

Narrower (3)

Cytoplasmic intermediate filamentNeurofilamentsNuclear lamin

Broader (2)

Cytoskeletal FilamentsIntermediate filament cytoskeleton

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Intermediate filaments: from cell architecture to nanomechanics
Intermediate filaments (IFs) constitute a major structural element of animal cells. They build two distinct systems, one in the… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Intermediate filaments: molecular structure, assembly mechanism, and integration into functionally distinct intracellular Scaffolds.
The superfamily of intermediate filament (IF) proteins contains at least 65 distinct proteins in man, which all assemble into… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
A structural scaffolding of intermediate filaments in health and disease.
The cytoplasm of animal cells is structured by a scaffolding composed of actin microfilaments, microtubules, and intermediate… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Demonstration of mechanical connections between integrins, cytoskeletal filaments, and nucleoplasm that stabilize nuclear structure.
We report here that living cells and nuclei are hard-wired such that a mechanical tug on cell surface receptors can immediately… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Caspase Cleavage of Keratin 18 and Reorganization of Intermediate Filaments during Epithelial Cell Apoptosis
Keratins 8 (K8) and 18 (K18) are major components of intermediate filaments (IFs) of simple epithelial cells and tumors derived… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
CNS stem cells express a new class of intermediate filament protein
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Homologies in both primary and secondary structure between nuclear envelope and intermediate filament proteins
The A, B and C lamins are the major proteins of the nuclear envelope. The complete nucleotide sequence of the coding region of… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
cDNA sequencing of nuclear lamins A and C reveals primary and secondary structural homology to intermediate filament proteins.
The amino acid sequences deduced from cDNA clones of human lamin A and lamin C show identity between these two lamins except for… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space
Five chemically distinct classes of intermediate filaments can be identified within higher eukaryotic cells. Each class is… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy.
The major protein of intermediate-sized filaments in mouse 3T3 cells, for which the name vimentin is proposed, has a molecular… 
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