The Ran decathlon: Multiple roles of Ran

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1111-1118

  Sazer, Shelley ^a   Dasso, Mary ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitosis; Nucleus; RanGTPase; Septum; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034011206     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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