Identification of a single nuclear localization signal in the C-terminal domain of an Aspergillus DNA topoisomerase II

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-297

  Kim, K H ^a   Kanbe, T ^a   Akashi, T ^a   Mizuguchi, I ^a   Kikuchi, A ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Importins; Nuclear localization signal; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0036433108     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0758-2     Document Type: Article

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