Polyamine depletion alters the relationship of F-actin, G-actin, and thymosin β4 in migrating IEC-6 cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  McCormack, Shirley A ^a,b   Ray, Ramesh M ^a   Blanner, Patrick M ^a   Johnson, Leonard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Monomer sequestration; Thymosin 4 messenger ribonucleic acid; difluoromethylornithine

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYAMINE; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033027539     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.2.c459     Document Type: Article

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