Importin α from Arabidopsis thaliana is a nuclear import receptor that recognizes three classes of import signals

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 411-417

  Smith, Harley M S ^a   Hicks, Glenn R ^a   Raikhel, Natasha V ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; CELL EXTRACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CLONING; CYTOPLASM; IMPORT SIGNAL; IMPORTIN ALPHA; IN VITRO STUDY; NICOTIANA; NUCLEAR IMPORT RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PROTOPLAST;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031153924     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.2.411     Document Type: Article

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