A role for the divergent actin gene, ACT2, in nuclear pore structure and function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3572-3586

  Yan, Catherine ^a   Leibowitz, Noah ^a   Mélèse, Teri ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Microcide Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Act2p; Actin related protein; Nuclear pore complex; S. cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NUCLEOPORIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

ACTINS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030979570     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3572     Document Type: Article

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