The role of the Ran GTPase in nuclear assembly and DNA replication: Characterisation of the effects of Ran mutants

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3017-3026

  Hughes, Mike ^a   Zhang, Chuanmao ^a,b   Avis, Johanna M ^a   Hutchison, Christopher J ^c   Clarke, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Lamin; Nucleocytoplasmic transport; Ran; Ran binding protein

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA REPLICATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OVUM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031771883     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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