Determination of the functional domain organization of the importin α nuclear import factor

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-318

  Herold, Andrea ^a   Truant, Ray ^a   Wiegand, Heather ^a   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Importin ; Nuclear export; Nuclear import; Nuclear localization signal

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR APOPTOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; YEASTS;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 0032547742     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.309     Document Type: Article

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