Class-IV neuronal intermediate filament that is able to self-assemble. It is involved in the morphogenesis of neurons. It may form an independent structural network without the involvement of other neurofilaments or it may cooperate with NF-L to form the filamentous backbone to which NF-M and NF-H attach to form the cross-bridges.1) Matsuoka S., Ballif B. A., Smogorzewska A., McDonald E. R. III, Hurov K. E., Luo J., Bakalarski C. E., Zhao Z., Solimini N., Lerenthal Y., Shiloh Y., Gygi S. P., Elledge S. J. Science 316:1160-1166 (2007)
Immunogen
a-Internexin antibody was raised against a peptide sequence around aa.491~495 (E-T-T-I-S) derived from Human α-Internexin.