Regulated nuclear import of the drosophila rel protein dorsal: Structure-function analysis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1103-1114

  Govind, Shubha ^a,c   Drier, Eric ^a,b   Huang, Leslie H ^a,b   Steward, Ruth ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 0030043628     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.3.1103     Document Type: Article

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