Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of transcription factors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 1193-1206

  Cartwright, P ^a   Helin, K ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Export; Import; Nuclear shuttling; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 0033841253     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000759     Document Type: Review

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