A GTPase distinct from Ran is involved in nuclear protein import

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 971-983

  Sweet, Deborah J ^a   Gerace, Larry ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYTOSOL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES; POINT MUTATION; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0029905455     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.5.971     Document Type: Article

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