NTF2 mediates nuclear import of Ran

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6587-6598

  Ribbeck, Katharina ^a   Lipowsky, Gerd ^a   Kent, Helen M ^b   Stewart, Murray ^b   Görlich, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Importin ; NTF2; Nuclear pores; Nuclear transport; Ran

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; KARYOPHERIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032538803     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.22.6587     Document Type: Article

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