Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Trichocyte (Hard Alpha-Keratin) Intermediate Filaments Reveals a Low-Density Core

January 2002 in “ Journal of Structural Biology ”

Norman R. Watts, Leslie N. Jones, Naiqian Cheng, Joseph S. Wall, David Parry, Alasdair C. Steven

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