Comprises 20 contributions on intermediate filament (IF) proteins, providing a comprehensive overview of the essentials of IF research and very recent developments, including many previously unpublished concepts and results. Representative topics include intermediate filament organization during oogenesis and early development in the clawed frog, lessons from keratin transgenic and knockout mice, cytokeratins as markers of differentiation in the diagnosis of epithelial tumors, vimentin and lipid metabolism, and nuclear lamin- binding proteins. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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