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Thymosin β4 and Fx, an actin-sequestering peptide, are indistinguishable by SAFER, D, ELZINGA, M, NACHMIAS, V. T

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Thymosin beta 4 and Fx, an actin-sequestering peptide, are indistinguishable by Safer, D, Elzinga, M, Nachmias, V T

“…At least 50% of the actin in resting human platelets is unpolymerized, and the bulk of this unpolymerized actin is complexed with a recently identified acidic,…”
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A quantitative analysis of G-actin binding proteins and the G-actin pool in developing chick brain by Devineni, N, Minamide, L.S, Niu, M, Safer, D, Verma, R, Bamburg, J.R, Nachmias, V.T

“…The large G-actin pool in individual actively motile cells has been shown to be maintained primarily by the actin sequestering protein thymosin beta four (Tβ…”
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The control of actin nucleotide exchange by thymosin beta 4 and profilin. A potential regulatory mechanism for actin polymerization in cells by Goldschmidt-Clermont, P J, Furman, M I, Wachsstock, D, Safer, D, Nachmias, V T, Pollard, T D

“…We present evidence for a new mechanism by which two major actin monomer binding proteins, thymosin beta 4 and profilin, may control the rate and the extent of…”
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Isolation of a 5-Kilodalton Actin-Sequestering Peptide from Human Blood Platelets by Safer, Daniel, Golla, Rajasree, Nachmias, Vivianne T.

“…Resting human platelets contain ≈0.3 mM unpolymerized actin. When freshly drawn and washed platelets are treated with saponin, 85-90% of the unpolymerized…”
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The Relationship between Stress Fiber-like Structures and Nascent Myofibrils in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes by Dlugosz, Andrzej A., Antin, Parker B., Nachmias, Vivianne T., Holtzer, Howard

“…The topographical relationship between stress fiber-like structures (SFLS) and nascent myofibrils was examined in cultured chick cardiac myocytes by…”
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Thymosin beta 4 (T beta 4) in activated platelets by Nachmias, V T, Cassimeris, L, Golla, R, Safer, D

“…When resting human blood platelets are stimulated with thrombin, 50 to 60% of the G-actin polymerizes to F-actin within 60 seconds. The increase in F-actin is…”
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Phorbol ester stimulates calcium sequestration in saponized human platelets by Yoshida, K, Nachmias, V T

“…When platelets are activated by agonists, calcium (Ca2+) is released from an intracellular storage site. Recent studies using fura-2 show that, after thrombin…”
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Role of Stress Fiber-like Structures in Assembling Nascent Myofibrils in Myosheets Recovering from Exposure to Ethyl Methanesulfonate by Antin, Parker B., Tokunaka, Sohei, Nachmias, Vivianne T., Holtzer, Howard

“…When day 1 cultures of chick myogenic cells were exposed to the mutagenic alkylating agent ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) for 3 d, 80% of the replicating cells…”
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Polarized distribution of integrin and fibronectin in retinal pigment epithelium by Philp, NJ, Nachmias, VT

“…We have examined the presence and distribution of integrin and fibronectin in the retinas of 21-day chick embryos and adult rats, with particular emphasis on…”
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Beta thymosins as actin binding peptides by Safer, D, Nachmias, V T

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G-actin pool and actin messenger RNA during development of the apical processes of the retinal pigment epithelial cells of the chick by Nachmias, V.T., Philp, N., Momoyama, Y., Choi, J.K.

“…It has been suggested that during development an increase in the pool of G-actin may drive the elongation of actin-containing processes which occur in several…”
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Actin and the elongation of plant cells by Thimann, K.V, Reese, K, Nachmias, V.T

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Calcium sequestration in human platelets: is it stimulated by protein kinase C? by Yoshida, K, Nachmias, V T

“…Sequestration of calcium into an intracellular storage site is an important mechanism in helping to maintain a low cytoplasmic Ca2+ level in many cells. In…”
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Interaction of thymosin β4 with muscle and platelet actin : implications for actin sequestration in resting platelets by WEBER, A, NACHMIAS, V. T, PENNISE, C. R, PRING, M, SAFER, D

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Formation and Contraction of a Microfilamentous Shell in Saponin-Permeabilized Platelets by Stark, Freddy, Golla, Rajasree, Nachmias, Vivianne T.

“…To study the mechanism of granule centralization in platelets, we permeabilized with saponin in either EGTA (5 mM) or calcium (1 or 10 μM). Under all…”
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Platelet and megakaryocyte shape change: triggered alterations in the cytoskeleton by Nachmias, V T

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Platelets contain a 210K microtubule-associated protein related to a similar protein in HeLa cells by TABLIN, F, REEBER, M. J, NACHMIAS, V. T

“…We have demonstrated the presence of a 210K (K = 10(3) Mr) microtubule-associated protein (MAP) in blood platelets and have studied its relationship to tubulin…”
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Interaction of thymosin beta 4 with muscle and platelet actin: implications for actin sequestration in resting platelets by Weber, A, Nachmias, V T, Pennise, C R, Pring, M, Safer, D

“…Quantitative measurements of the interactions of T beta 4 with muscle actin suggest that its only physiological role is monomer sequestration. T beta 4 forms a…”
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Comparison of the effects of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and prostaglandin E1 on calcium regulation in human platelets by Yoshida, K, Stark, F, Nachmias, V T

“…We compared the effects of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) with those of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on the calcium transient in intact platelets and on…”
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