2000
Plasticin, a Type III Neuronal Intermediate Filament Protein, Assembles as an Obligate Heteropolymer
Asch WS, Schechter N. Plasticin, a Type III Neuronal Intermediate Filament Protein, Assembles as an Obligate Heteropolymer. Journal Of Neurochemistry 2000, 75: 1475-1486. PMID: 10987827, DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751475.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAxonsBiopolymersCatalysisCell LineEpidermolysis Bullosa SimplexEye ProteinsHemagglutininsHumansImmunohistochemistryIntermediate Filament ProteinsIntermediate FilamentsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPhenotypeRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTemperatureTransfectionVimentinZebrafishConceptsIntermediate filament proteinsEpidermolysis bullosa simplexPoint mutationsMammalian intermediate filament proteinsFilament proteinsCytoplasmic filament networkNeuronal intermediate filament proteinWeight NF proteinsTermination sequenceSW13 cellsObligate heteropolymersStructural differencesFilament networkCoil regionFilament aggregationKeratin mutationsMutationsImportant structural differencesAssembly propertiesProteinNF proteinsFirst heptadNumber of aggregatesPlasticinGrowth characteristics
1998
Restricted expression of the neuronal intermediate filament protein plasticin during zebrafish development
Canger A, Passini M, Asch W, Leake D, Zafonte B, Glasgow E, Schechter N. Restricted expression of the neuronal intermediate filament protein plasticin during zebrafish development. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1998, 399: 561-572. PMID: 9741483, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19981005)399:4<561::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-#.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesAxonsBlotting, WesternCytoskeletonDNA, ComplementaryEye ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGoldfishIntermediate Filament ProteinsLarvaMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurofilament ProteinsNeuronsOptic NervePeripherinsRNA, MessengerZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsRetinal ganglion cellsNervous systemOptic nerve injuryPeripheral nervous systemNerve injuryGanglion neuronsProjection neuronsRGC axonsReticulospinal neuronsGanglion cellsCranial nervesProject axonsAxon regenerationEarly neuronsVisual pathwayLong axonsAxonal outgrowthNeuronsNeuronal developmentAxon tractsRohon-BeardAxonsEarly stagesAxon outgrowthRestricted expression