Interaction between the small GTPase Ran/Gsp1p and Ntf2p is required for nuclear transport

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3755-3767

  Wong, Darren H ^a   Corbett, Anita H ^a   Kent, Helen M ^b   Stewart, Murray ^b   Silver, Pamela A ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030923720     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3755     Document Type: Article

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