Importin β can mediate the nuclear import of an arginine-rich nuclear localization signal in the absence of importin α

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1218-1225

  Palmeri, Diana ^a   Malim, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETROVIRUS; WHEAT GERM;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032961356     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.2.1218     Document Type: Article

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