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ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology2011

Nuclear actin: A key player in extracellular matrix-nucleus communication.

Virginia A Spencer

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Article in Communicative & integrative biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 92% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Virginia A SpencerCell Culture Essentials; Life Technologies; Frederick, MD USA.
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Norway) · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decades of research have shown that there is an intimate relationship between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and cellular phenotype. While the existence of this relationship remains inarguably clear, the exact details through which the extracellular matrix controls phenotypic behavior at the gene expression level are, for the most part, elusive. In a recent study on mammary epithelial cells, nuclear actin was identified as a key effector protein through which laminin Type III (LN1) attenuates RNA polymerase activity to promote growth arrest. This finding forms the basis from which one can begin to envision a mechanism through which the ECM can control nuclear function to enact changes in cell behavior. Here I will briefly discuss the current depth of knowledge with regards to the relationship between LN1 and nuclear actin and its implication in mammary epithelial cell growth and function.

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actinepithelialextracellular matrixlamininmammarynucleus

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PMID22046450
PMCPMC3204115
OpenAlexW2001415577

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