Nuclear localization signal of SV40 T antigen directs import of plasmid DNA into sea urchin male pronuclei in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 431-438

  Collas, Philippe ^a   Aleström, Peter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nuclear envelope; Nuclear localization signal; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MALE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SEA URCHINS; SPERMATOZOA; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; ECHINOIDEA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029908918     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<431::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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