Decrease in actin gene expression in melanoma cells compared to melanocytes is partly counteracted by BrdU -Induced cell adhesion and antagonized by L-tyrosine induction of terminal differentiation Luis A Gómez, Mary Strasberg Rieber, Manuel Rieber

Malignant transformation is frequently accompanied by changes in the cytoarchitecture of adherent cells, which may be influenced by fluctuations in actin gene expression. We now show that normal melanocytes express a 5 fold higher level of actin mRNA than