RAN/TC4 mutants identify a common requirement for snRNP and protein import into the nucleus

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 485-494

  Palacios, Isabel ^a   Weis, Karsten ^a   Klebe, Christian ^b   Mattaj, Iain W ^a   Dingwall, Colin ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; GUANYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN; RAN PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA CAP ANALOGS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029944335     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.3.485     Document Type: Article

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