intermediate filament binding

id: GO:0019215
name: intermediate filament binding
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an intermediate filament, a distinct elongated structure, characteristically 10 nm in diameter, that occurs in the cytoplasm of higher eukaryotic cells. Intermediate filaments form a fibrous system, composed of chemically heterogeneous subunits and involved in mechanically integrating the various components of the cytoplasmic space.

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