Function of prothymosin α in chromatin decondensation and expression of thymosin β-4 linked to angiogenesis and synaptic plasticity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1112, Issue , 2007, Pages 201-209

  Gómez Márquez, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chromatin decondensation; Histone H1; Prothymosin ; Synaptic plasticity; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35348937551     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1415.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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