Vimentin intermediate filament formation: in vitro measurement and mathematical modeling of the filament length distribution during assembly.
Portet S, Mücke N, Kirmse R, Langowski J, Beil M, Herrmann H.
Portet S, et al.
Langmuir. 2009 Aug 4;25(15):8817-23. doi: 10.1021/la900509r.
Langmuir. 2009.
PMID: 20050052
Thereby, we were able to substantiate the concept that end-to-end-annealing of both ULFs and short filaments is obligatory for the formation of long IFs (Kirmse, R.; Portet, S.; Mucke, N. Aebi, U.; Herrmann, H.; Langowski, J. J. Biol. Chem. 2007, 282, 18563-18572). …
Thereby, we were able to substantiate the concept that end-to-end-annealing of both ULFs and short filaments is obligatory for the formation …