Intermediate Filaments [Paperback]

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.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.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.

Provides up-to-date information in the field

Intermediate Filaments will be of use to both graduate students and researchers in the field