Gene Review:
TMSB4X - thymosin beta 4, X-linked
Bos taurus
- Thymosin beta 4 sulfoxide is an anti-inflammatory agent generated by monocytes in the presence of glucocorticoids. Young, J.D., Lawrence, A.J., MacLean, A.G., Leung, B.P., McInnes, I.B., Canas, B., Pappin, D.J., Stevenson, R.D. Nat. Med. (1999)
- Thymosin beta 4 sequesters the majority of G-actin in resting human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Cassimeris, L., Safer, D., Nachmias, V.T., Zigmond, S.H. J. Cell Biol. (1992)
- Thymosins beta 8 and beta 9: two new peptides isolated from calf thymus homologous to thymosin beta 4. Hannappel, E., Davoust, S., Horecker, B.L. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1982)
- Complete amino acid sequence of bovine thymosin beta 4: a thymic hormone that induces terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase activity in thymocyte populations. Low, T.L., Hu, S.K., Goldstein, A.L. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1981)
- Identification of contact sites in the actin-thymosin beta 4 complex by distance-dependent thiol cross-linking. Reichert, A., Heintz, D., Echner, H., Voelter, W., Faulstich, H. J. Biol. Chem. (1996)
- Chemical characterization of thymosin beta 4. Low, T.L., Goldstein, A.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1982)
- Thymosin fraction 5 inhibits the proliferation of the rat neuroendocrine MMQ pituitary adenoma and C6 glioma cell lines in vitro. Spangelo, B.L., Farrimond, D.D., Thapa, M., Bulathsinghala, C.M., Bowman, K.L., Sareh, A., Hughes, F.M., Goldstein, A.L., Badamchian, M. Endocrinology (1998)
- Use of bimanyl actin derivative (TMB-actin) for studying complexation of beta-thymosins. Inhibition of actin polymerization by thymosin beta 9. Heintz, D., Reichert, A., Mihelic, M., Voelter, W., Faulstich, H. FEBS Lett. (1993)
- Involvement of thymosin beta 4 and endoproteinase Asp-N in the biosynthesis of the tetrapeptide AcSerAspLysPro a regulator of the hematopoietic system. Grillon, C., Rieger, K., Bakala, J., Schott, D., Morgat, J.L., Hannappel, E., Voelter, W., Lenfant, M. FEBS Lett. (1990)
- Production and characterization of antibodies to thymosin beta 4. Goodall, G.J., Hempstead, J.L., Morgan, J.I. J. Immunol. (1983)
- Dimerization of profilin II upon binding the (GP5)3 peptide from VASP overcomes the inhibition of actin nucleation by profilin II and thymosin beta4. Jonckheere, V., Lambrechts, A., Vandekerckhove, J., Ampe, C. FEBS Lett. (1999)
- Interactions of beta-thymosins, thymosin beta 4-sulfoxide, and N-terminally truncated thymosin beta 4 with actin studied by equilibrium centrifugation, chemical cross-linking and viscometry. Huff, T., Zerzawy, D., Hannappel, E. Eur. J. Biochem. (1995)
- MicroELISA method for the determination of thymosin beta 9 discriminating between thymosin beta 9 and the structurally closely related thymosin beta 4. Mihelić, M., Kalbacher, H., Hannappel, E., Voelter, W. J. Immunol. Methods (1989)
- Effects of profilin and thymosin beta4 on the critical concentration of actin demonstrated in vitro and in cell extracts with a novel direct assay. Yarmola, E.G., Bubb, M.R. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- The effect of thymosin beta4 on articular cartilage chondrocyte matrix metalloproteinase expression. Blain, E.J., Mason, D.J., Duance, V.C. Biochem. Soc. Trans. (2002)
- Interaction of myosin subfragment 1 with forms of monomeric actin. Ballweber, E., Kiessling, P., Manstein, D., Mannherz, H.G. Biochemistry (2003)
- The dipyridyls paraquat and diquat attenuate the interaction of G-actin with thymosin beta4. Huff, T., Cappelletti, G., Hannappel, E. FEBS Lett. (1998)
- Evidence for the monomeric nature of thymosins. Haritos, A.A., Yialouris, P.P., Heimer, E.P., Felix, A.M., Hannappel, E., Rosemeyer, M.A. FEBS Lett. (1989)
- One-step procedure for the determination of thymosin beta 4 in small tissue samples and its separation from other thymosin beta 4-like peptides by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Hannappel, E. Anal. Biochem. (1986)