Nuclear localization of IκBα is mediated by the second ankyrin repeat: The IκBα ankyrin repeats define a novel class of cis-acting nuclear import sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2524-2534

  Sachdev, Shrikesh ^a   Hoffmann, Alexander ^b   Hannink, Mark ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; I KAPPA B; NF KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; NF-KAPPAB INHIBITOR ALPHA; ONCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANKYRINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-REL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

EID: 0031596724     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.5.2524     Document Type: Article

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