• Gu, L.-H. & Coulombe, P. A. 2007. Keratin function in skin epithelia: a broadening palette with surprising shades. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 19: 13-23.
  • Helfand, B. T.,Chou, Y.-H., Shumaker, D. K. & Goldman, R. D. 2005. Intermediate filament proteins participate in signal trnasduction. Trends Cell Biol. 15: 568-570.
  • Kreplack, L. 2007. Biomechanical properties of intermediate filaments: from tissues to signal filaments and back. BioEssays 29: 26-35.
  • Omary, M. B. , Ku, N.-O., Tao, G.-Z., Toivola, D. M. & Liao, J. 2006. 'Heads and tails' of intermediate filament phosphorylation: multiple sites and functional insights. Trends Biochem. Sci. 31: 383-394.
  • Syters, M. L., Kowalczyk, A. P. & Faundez, V. 2005. Intermediate filament and vesicular membrane traffic: The odd couple's first dance? Traffic 6: 359-365.
  • Toivola, D. A., Tao, G.-Z., Habtezion, A., Liao, J. & Omary, M. B. 2005. Cellular integrity plus: organelle-related and protein-targeting functions of intermediate filaments. Trends Cell Biol. 15: 608-617.

Other Filaments

  • Kinoshita, M. 2006. Diversity of septin scaffolds. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 18: 54-60.
  • Spilliotis, E. T. & Nelson, W. J. 2005. Here come the septins: novel polymers that coordinate intracellular functions and organization. J. Cell Sci. 119: 4-10.
Updated April 19, 2007