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The multifunctional FUS, EWS and TAF15 proto-oncoproteins show cell type-specific expression patterns and involvement in cell spreading and stress response

Mattias K Andersson1 email, Anders Ståhlberg2,3 email, Yvonne Arvidsson1 email, Anita Olofsson1 email, Henrik Semb3 email, Göran Stenman1 email, Ola Nilsson1 email and Pierre Åman1 email

1Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

2Center for Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (CBR), Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

3Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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BMC Cell Biology 2008, 9:37doi:10.1186/1471-2121-9-37

Published: 11 July 2008

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Immunofluorescence and transfections. Immunostaining and transfections of FET proteins. (a) Endogenous and transient FET protein expression in four different cultured cell types with DAPI staining of nuclei (blue). Scale bars indicate 10 μM. (b) Stable expression of FET-EGFP proteins in HT1080 with DAPI staining (blue). Scale bars indicate 10 μM.

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Cell area measurements. Clones of stable transfectants were seeded out, stained and imaged as described in Materials and methods. Average cell areas were calculated from 130–200 cells in five images per clone. Error bars show standard error of mean.

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Proliferation assay. Western blot showing FET expression in contact-inhibited and actively proliferating F470 cells as well as in serum stimulated and starved HT1080 cells. Beta actin expression is used as a loading control.

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Primary antibodies. Primary antibodies used.

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Primer sequences. Primers used for cDNA cloning and quantitative real-time PCR.

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