Trichosanthin-induced specific changes of cytoskeleton configuration were associated with the decreased expression level of actin and tubulin genes in apoptotic Hela cells

Life Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1130-1140

  Wang, Ping ^a   Li, Ji Cheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytoskeleton; Gene expression; Microfilament; Microtubule; Quantitative real time PCR; Trichosanthin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRICHOSANTHIN; TUBULIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN-REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; TRICHOSANTHIN; TUBULIN;

EID: 34548836827     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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