The assembly of neurofilaments into bundles, in which the filaments are longitudinally oriented, with numerous crossbridges between them. Neurofilament bundles may be cross-linked to each other, to membrane-bounded organelles or other cytoskeletal structures such as microtubules. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11264295 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11034913 ]
Synonyms: NF bundle assembly
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- cellular component assembly
- intermediate filament bundle assembly
- only in taxon some Metazoa
- results in organization of some neurofilament
- in taxon only Metazoa