Mex67p, a novel factor for nuclear mRNA export. Binds to both poly(A)+ RNA and nuclear pores

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3256-3271

  Segref, Alexandra ^a   Sharma, Kishore ^b   Doye, Valérie ^c   Hellwig, Andrea ^a   Huber, Jochen ^d   Lührmann, Reinhard ^d   Hurt, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hnRNP; mRNA; Nuclear pore complex; Nucleocytoplasmic transport; RNA export

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOPORIN; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030911425     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3256     Document Type: Article

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