vimentin

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vimentin /vi·men·tin/ (vi-men´tin) a protein forming the vimentin filaments, a common type of intermediate filament; used as a marker for cells derived from embryonic mesenchyme.

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The polypeptide that copolymerizes with other subunits to form the intermediate filament cytoskeleton of mesenchymal cells.

vimentin

one of the Type II 1F proteins in the cytoskeleton; enmeshes the cell nucleus.

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