Prothymosin α: in Search of a Function
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Leukemia & Lymphoma
- Vol. 18 (3) , 209-214
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10428199509059609
Abstract
Prothymosin a is an acidic nuclear protein that is expressed at high lebels in a wide variety of cell types. Accumulating data correlate prothymosin expression with alterations in the proliferative state of cells. Some data indicates that prothymosin may actually be necessary, if not sufficient, for proliferation, and that prothymosin may function in a c-myc associated pathway. Prothymosin is highly conserved through evolution suggesting a key function, however, that function remains unknown.Keywords
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