The Treacher Collins syndrome (TCOF1) gene product, treacle, is targeted to the nucleolus by signals in its C-terminus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1947-1952

  Winokur, Sara T ^a   Shiang, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; COS CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031740038     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.12.1947     Document Type: Article

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