The nuclear targeting and nuclear retention properties of a human DNA repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase are both required for its nuclear localization: The possible implications

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4050-4060

  Lim, Allan ^a   Li, Benjamin F L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nuclear retention; Nuclear targeting; O6 methylguanine DNA methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029759506     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00778.x     Document Type: Article

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