Cloning of karyopherin-α3 from Drosophila through its interaction with the nuclear localization sequence of germ cell-less protein

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1263-1272

  Dockendorff, Thomas C ^a   Tang, Zhenyu ^a   Jongens, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germ cell less; Nuclear transport; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GCL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; GCL PROTEIN, MOUSE; INSECT PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KPNA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; KARYOPHERINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032585791     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.161     Document Type: Article

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