Nuclear export of actin: A novel mechanism regulating the subcellular localization of a major cytoskeletal protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1635-1641

  Wada, Atsushi ^a   Fukuda, Makoto ^a   Mishima, Masanori ^a   Nishida, Eisuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Nuclear export signal; Nuclear translocation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LEPTOMYCIN B; LEUCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LEUCINE; MICE; PEPTIDES; RATS;

ANIMALIA; NES;

EID: 0032536820     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.6.1635     Document Type: Article

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