C-terminal variations in β-thymosin family members specify functional differences in actin-binding properties

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-287

  Eadie, James S ^a   Kim, Sonia W ^a   Allen, Philip G ^b   Hutchinson, Lloyd M ^a   Kantor, Jason D ^a   Zetter, Bruce R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Mutational analysis; Prostate cancer; Thymosin isoforms

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL MOVEMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THYMOSIN; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034024191     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(20000501)77:2<277::AID-JCB10>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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