Nuclear import of U snRNPs requires importin β

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6783-6792

  Palacios, Isabel ^a   Hetzer, Martin ^a   Adam, Stephen A ^b   Mattaj, Lain W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Importin; Nuclear import; Nucleocytoplasmic transport; RNP transport; U snRNPs

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; KARYOPHERIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; XENOPUS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; GUANOSINE; KARYOPHERINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U4-U6 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA CAP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030775693     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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