Nuclear import and the evolution of a multifunctional RNA-binding protein

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 887-899

  Rosenblum, Jonathan S ^a   Pemberton, Lucy F ^a   Bonifaci, Neris ^a   Blobel, Günter ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Karyopherin; Nuclear transport; Protein evolution; RNA biogenesis; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA2; KARYOPHERIN BETA1; PROTEIN P10; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AUTOANTIGENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032538933     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.4.887     Document Type: Article

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