| Literature DB >> 6990413 |
P C Marchisio, L Naldini, P Calissano.
Abstract
The distribution of nerve growth factor (NGF) in rat pheochromocytoma cells (clone PC12) has been studied with two different techniques: immunofluorescence and autoradiography. It was found that NGF is progressively internalized in the cytoplasmic compartment and eventually accumulates in the form of discrete dots around the nucleus. A fraction of the internalized NGF appears within the nucleoplasm, often contiguous with the nucleolus. It is suggested that cytoplasmic and perinuclear NGF may be be in contact with a pool of tubulin or actin-like proteins in their soluble or organized form and play a key role in the process of arrest of division and neurite growth.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6990413 PMCID: PMC348556 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.3.1656
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205