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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
1992
Review
1992
Of mice and men: Genetic skin diseases of keratin
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Isolation and characterization of hemidesmosomes from bovine corneal epithelial cells.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Two distinct attachment sites for vimentin along the plasma membrane and the nuclear envelope in avian erythrocytes: a basis for a vectorial assembly of intermediate filaments
In vitro binding studies with isolated bovine lens vimentin and avian erythrocyte membranes reveal the existence of two… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Anomalous placement of introns in a member of the intermediate filament multigene family: an evolutionary conundrum
The origin of introns and their role (if any) in gene expression, in the evolution of the genome, and in the generation of new… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A tumor promoter induces rapid and coordinated reorganization of actin and vinculin in cultured cells
Treatment of epithelial African green monkey kidney (BSC-1) cells with the potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Involvement of the N-terminal polypeptide of vimentin in the formation of intermediate filaments.
The potential to form intermediate filaments of a 54 X 10(3) molecular weight (Mr) polypeptide derived from vimentin by cleavage… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Purification of individual components of the neurofilament triplet: filament assembly from the 70 000-dalton subunit.
Mammalian neurofilaments are composed of three subunit polypeptides with approximate molecular weights of 200 000, 150 000, and… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Formation of 100 A filaments from purified glial fibrillary acidic protein in vitro.
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… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Intermediate filaments anchor the nuclei in nuclear monolayers of cultured human fibroblasts
EUKARYOTIC cells display polarity both in vivo and in vitro, the nucleus being located in a specific region of the cytoplasm… 
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