Intermediate Filaments

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.

Provides up-to-date information in the field Intermediate Filaments will be of use to both graduate students and researchers in the field

Inhalt
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.