Crystallographic analysis of the specific yet versatile recognition of distinct nuclear localization signals by karyopherin α

Structure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-338

  Conti, Elena ^a,b   Kuriyan, John ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipartite; Crystal structure; Karyopherin ; Nuclear import; Nuclear localization signal

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0034653375     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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