The asymmetric distribution of the constituents of the Ran system is essential for transport into and out of the nucleus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6535-6547

  Izaurralde, Elisa ^a,b   Kutay, Ulrike ^c   Von Kobbe, Cayetano ^a   Mattaj, Lain W ^b   Görlich, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Importin; Nuclear transport; RanBP1; RCC1; Rna1; Transportin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERIN; REV PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE PRODUCTS, REV; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030856315     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6535     Document Type: Article

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