Atomic structure of the vimentin central alpha-helical domain and its implications for intermediate filament assembly.
Chernyatina, A.A., Nicolet, S., Aebi, U., Herrmann, H., Strelkov, S.V.(2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 13620-13625
- PubMed: 22869704 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206836109
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3S4R, 3SSU, 3SWK - PubMed Abstract: 
Together with actin filaments and microtubules, intermediate filaments (IFs) are the basic cytoskeletal components of metazoan cells. Over 80 human diseases have been linked to mutations in various IF proteins to date. However, the filament structure is far from being resolved at the atomic level, which hampers rational understanding of IF pathologies ...