Co-ordinate regulation of the cytoskeleton in 3T3 cells overexpressing thymosin-β4

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-200

  Golla, R ^a   Philp, N ^b   Safer, D ^a   Chintapalli, J ^a   Hoffman, R ^a   Collins, L ^a   Nachmias, V T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin mRNA; Cell adhesion; Cell motility; Thymosin 4; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; F ACTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN; PROFILIN; THYMOSIN BETA4; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

3T3 CELLS; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INTEGRIN ALPHA5; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYOSINS; PROFILINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TALIN; THYMOSIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TROPOMYOSIN; VINCULIN; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030885142     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)38:2<187::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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