The sweet side of vimentin

Natasha T Snider; Nam-On Ku; M Bishr Omary

doi:10.7554/eLife.35336

eLife (Mar 2018)

The sweet side of vimentin

Natasha T Snider,
Nam-On Ku,
M Bishr Omary

Affiliations

Natasha T Snider: ORCiD; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
Nam-On Ku: ORCiD; Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated OMICS Biomedical science, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
M Bishr Omary: Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, United States; Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35336
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

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A protein modification called O-linked glycosylation regulates the interactions between vimentin molecules under normal conditions, and the ability of Chlamydia bacteria to replicate after they infect cells.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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