Brains and brawn: plectin as regulator a
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Philip G. Allen; Jagesh V. Shah
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Plectin is a 580 kDa intracellular protein, previously shown to link intermediate filaments with microtubules, actin filaments, and membrane components. Disruption of the plectin gene in humans and in mice results in severe skin blistering and muscular degeneration, consistent with plectin's structu