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The final structure is millimeters in length and contains tens to hundreds of cell filament strands twisted together into a coherent fiber with loops at both ends.
In the early nineties, several groups reported lamin-like proteins in different plant species [ 30 31 32 ] . A purification protocol adapted from animal lamins and applied to pea nuclei was used to purify four proteins between 49 and 66 kD [ 31 ] . These proteins were recognized by antibodies against mammalian intermediate filament proteins, and by antibodies against a peptide derived from lamin B. By immunofluorescence and immunogold labeling, these antigens were located mostly in the internal nuclear matrix, and not predominantly at the nuclear rim.
Intermediate filament extracts of the cell lines [ 43 44 ] were electrophoretically blotted and detected with polyclonal anti GFAP (DAKO, Carpenteria, CA) and secondary reagents as above.
When, after an absence of several years, Al Pacino returned to the screen in Sea of Love (1989), he looked like a human filament: all dark, burning eyes that never seemed to blink.
Both alphaA and alphaB can bind specifically to actin, in vitro [ 13 ] and in vivo [ 14 ] . Although actin filament formation has been shown to be necessary for differentiation of lens epithelial cells [ 15 ] , the significance of alpha-crystallin's interaction with actin in differentiation is not known.