Sentences with phrase «intermediate filaments»
Intermediate filaments are a part of the cell structure that help to give cells shape and strength. They are like tiny threads that sit inside cells and provide support, like the skeleton of a cell. Full definition
Moreover, intact microtubules and vimentin intermediate filament networks are required for further growth.
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«Zika virus infections cause a drastic perturbation of the cytoskeletal network, re-organizing both intermediate filaments and microtubules into a cage - like structure that surrounds the replication machinery.»
The work «provides irrefutable experimental evidence of the hair phase variation across the three main regions of hair and is an important step toward gaining a better understanding of hierarchical ordering of the intermediate filaments of keratin,» she said.
If you've heard of «keratin,» you may already know that human hair consists primarily of keratin molecules arranged in a hierarchical sort of structure, in which the fundamental building block is known as an «intermediate filament.»
The array, printed on the nanowire substrate with a 400 micron pitch, consists of siRNAs targeted against the intermediate filament vimentin (Pink) and a nuclear histone H1 protein (Green).
Known key pathological mechanisms are related to defects in structural proteins, nuclear proteins, intermediate filaments and other cyoskeletal proteins, mitochondrial energy production and ion channels, but new concepts and new genes are rapidly being identified.
GFAP, a class - III intermediate filament, is a cell - specific marker that, during the development of the central nervous system, distinguishes astrocytes from other glial cells.