Import of proteins into the trypanosome nucleus and their distribution at karyokinesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 899-906

  Marchetti, Maria A ^a   Tschudi, Christian ^a   Kwon, Helen ^a   Wolin, Sandra L ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

H2B; La; NLS; Nuclear protein; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H2B; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENERGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0034065043     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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