The mechanical role of a cytoskeletal protein, Synemin, in bone, heart and skeletal muscle

Intermediate filaments (IFs) represent a major cytoskeletal network contributing to force transmission, cell shape and structure, adhesion and motility, subcellular scaffolding and tissue resilience, thereby modulating a range of cellular activities. Life-threatening disorders associated with IF mutations have pushed investigations to study IFs of mammalian cells in culture and in vivo. Keratin and Lamin related disorders, Desmin-related...