Antiapoptotic function of RNA-binding protein HuR effected through prothymosin α

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1852-1862

  Lal, Ashish ^a   Kawai, Tomoko ^a   Yang, Xiaoling ^a   Mazan Mamczarz, Krystyna ^a   Gorospe, Myriam ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ELAV; Post transcriptional gene expression; ProT ; Stress response; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THYMOSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 20044366611     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600661     Document Type: Article

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