Metabolic regulation of protein-bound glutamyl phosphates: Insights into the function of prothymosin α

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-163

  Tao, Lian ^a   Wang, Rui Hong ^a   Enkemann, Steven A ^a   Trumbore, Mark W ^a   Berger, Shelby L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA CONTENT; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; DACTINOMYCIN; GLUTAMATES; HALF-LIFE; MICE; MITOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA; S PHASE; THYMOSIN; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032946615     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199902)178:2<154::AID-JCP4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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