The Thymosins. Prothymosin α, Parathymosin, and β-Thymosins: Structure and Function

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 66, Issue , 2003, Pages 257-296

  Hannappel, Ewald ^a   Huff, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PARATHYMOSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; THYMOSIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THYMOSIN; WOUND HEALING; ZINC;

EID: 0041305878     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(03)01007-0     Document Type: Article

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