The homeodomain of Nkx2.2 carries two cooperatively acting nuclear localization signals

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 695-700

  Hessabi, Behnam ^a   Schmidt, Ines ^a   Walther, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta cell; Green fluorescent protein; Homeodomain; Nkx2.2; Nuclear localization signal (NLS); Nuclear transport

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DELETION MUTANT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034696798     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2491     Document Type: Article

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