Nuclear import of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2, a basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper (bHLH-Zip)-containing transcription factor, occurs through the direct interaction of importin β with HLH-Zip

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2221-2233

  Nagoshi, Emi ^a   Imamoto, Naoko ^a   Sato, Ryuichiro ^b   Yoneda, Yoshihiro ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; STEROL; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DISSOCIATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032815863     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.7.2221     Document Type: Article

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