The small nuclear GTPase Ran: How much does it run?

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Rush, Mark G ^a,b   Drivas, George ^a   D'Eustachio, Peter ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RAS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030087693     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180206     Document Type: Article

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