Molecular interactions between the importin α/β heterodimer and proteins involved in vertebrate nuclear protein import

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 722-732

  Percipalle, Piergiorgio ^a   Clarkson, David W ^a   Kent, Helen M ^a   Rhodes, Daniela ^a   Stewart, Murray ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Importin heterodimer; NTF2; Nuclear transport; Nucleoporin p62; Ran

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN P62; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031557389     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0801     Document Type: Article

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