A 41 amino acid motif in importin-α confers binding to importin-β and hence transit into the nucleus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1810-1817

  Görlich, Dirk ^c   Henklein, Peter ^a   Laskey, Ronald A ^d   Hartmann, Enno ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

IBB domain; Importin; Nuclear pore; Nuclear transport; Ran

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029921174     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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