Intermediate Filaments

ISBN-13: 9781441941503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 150 str.

Jesus Paramio

Opis

Intermediate Filaments focuses on desmin and other intermediate filaments in disease and health. This new volume will serve as a resource for graduate students and researchers in the field.

Spis treści

Desmin and Other Intermediate Filaments in Normal and Diseased Muscle.- Intermediate Filaments in Astrocytes in Health and Disease.- Neuronal Intermediate Filaments and Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Neurofilaments.- Keratin Intermediate Filaments and Diseases of the Skin.- The Keratin K6 Minifamily of Genes.- Transcriptional Regulation of Keratin Gene Expression.- Simple Epithelial Keratins.- Keratins as Targets in and Modulators of Liver Diseases.- The Search for Specific Keratin Functions.