The beta-thymosins, small actin-binding peptides widely expressed in the developing and adult cerebellum

Cerebellum

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-102

  Gómez Márquez, Jaime ^a   Anadón, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actin; Beta thymosin; Cerebellum; Cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(10); THYMOSIN BETA(4);

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; THYMOSIN;

EID: 0041466154     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147342202753671222     Document Type: Review

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