Ran GTpase cycle and importins α and β are essential for spindle formation and nuclear envelope assembly in living Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4355-4370

  Askjaer, Peter ^a   Galy, Vincent ^a   Hannak, Eva ^a,b   Mattaj, Iain W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEOPORIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN RANBP2; PROTEIN RANGAP; PROTEIN RCCI; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; IMA 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; IMA-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; IMB 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; IMB-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; KARYOPHERINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036911347     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-06-0346     Document Type: Article

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