Nuclear distribution of prothymosin α and parathymosin: Evidence that prothymosin α is associated with RNA synthesis processing and parathymosin with early DNA replication

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 152-161

  Vareli, Katerina ^a   Frangou Lazaridis, Maria ^a   Van Der Kraan, Ineke ^b   Tsolas, Orestes ^a   Van Driel, Roel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Nuclear bodies; Parathymosin; PML bodies; Prothymosin ; RNA processing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARATHYMOSIN; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034713257     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4857     Document Type: Article

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