Thymidine inhibits the growth-arrest-specific degradation of thymidine kinase protein in transfected L fibroblasts

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Sutterluety, Hedwig ^a   Seiser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Growth regulation; Post transcriptional regulation; Protein stability; Salvage pathway; Substrate dependent stabilisation

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOSIDE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HALF LIFE TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031575393     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0721     Document Type: Article

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