{"database":"biostudies-other","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["269(1)"],"submitter":["Leoni P"],"journal":["The Biochemical journal"],"pagination":["31-4"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC1131526"],"abstract":["The intermediate filament proteins desmin and vimentin from pregnant and non-pregnant uterine muscle and smooth-muscle cells in culture were analysed using SDS/PAGE. The desmin content in uterine muscle increases dramatically during pregnancy, whereas vimentin remains unchanged or changes very little. When muscle cells are kept in culture, a considerable increase in vimentin content is observed as compared with vimentin in freshly isolated non-pregnant uterine tissue. Our results strengthen the view that vimentin and desmin filaments have independent function and turnover, and point to a predominantly structural role for desmin filaments."],"repository":["biostudies-other"],"data_source":["Europe PMC"],"pubmed_authors":["Halliday D","Leoni P","Carli F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle from pregnant and non-pregnant human uterus.","description":"The intermediate filament proteins desmin and vimentin from pregnant and non-pregnant uterine muscle and smooth-muscle cells in culture were analysed using SDS/PAGE. The desmin content in uterine muscle increases dramatically during pregnancy, whereas vimentin remains unchanged or changes very little. When muscle cells are kept in culture, a considerable increase in vimentin content is observed as compared with vimentin in freshly isolated non-pregnant uterine tissue. Our results strengthen the view that vimentin and desmin filaments have independent function and turnover, and point to a predominantly structural role for desmin filaments.","dates":{"release":"1990-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"1990 Jul","modification":"2019-08-04T08:33:35Z","creation":"2019-08-04T08:33:35Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC1131526","cross_references":{"DOI":["10.1042/bj2690031 "]}}