Direct and indirect association of the small GTPase ran with nuclear pore proteins and soluble transport factors: Studies in Xenopus laevis egg extracts

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1319-1334

  Saitoh, Hisato ^a   Cooke, Carol A ^b,d   Burgess, Wilson H ^c   Earnshaw, William C ^b,d   Dasso, Mary ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029786753     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.9.1319     Document Type: Article

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