Nuclear protein import is decreased by engineered mutants of nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2) that do not bind GDP-Ran

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 716-730

  Clarkson, W David ^a   Corbett, Anita H ^b,c   Paschal, Bryce M ^d   Kent, Helen M ^a   McCoy, Airlie J ^a   Gerace, Larry ^e   Silver, Pamela A ^b   Stewart, Murray ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

GTPase; Nuclear pores; Nucleocytoplasmic transport; Protein engineering; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0031563791     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1255     Document Type: Article

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