Identification of different roles for RanGDP and RanGTP in nuclear protein import

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5584-5594

  Görlich, Dirk ^a   Panté, Nelly ^b   Kutay, Ulrike ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Bischoff, F Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTPase; Importin; Nuclear import; Ran; RanGAP

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029853631     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00943.x     Document Type: Article

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