Autoinhibition by an internal nuclear localization signal revealed by the crystal structure of mammalian importin α

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 388-397

  Kobe, Bostjan ^a  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KARYOPHERINS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEASTS;

EID: 0032950628     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7625     Document Type: Article

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