The role of Ran in nuclear function

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-307

  Azuma, Yoshiaki ^a   Dasso, Mary ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAN GTPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

EID: 0034065954     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00093-4     Document Type: Review

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