Influence of cargo size on Ran and energy requirements for nuclear protein import

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Lyman, Susan K ^a   Guan, Tinglu ^a   Bednenko, Janna ^a   Wodrich, Harald ^a   Gerace, Larry ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Importin ; Nuclear protein import; Nucleoporin; Ran; Transportin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; RAN PROTEIN; TRANSPORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR PORE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0037078333     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200204163     Document Type: Article

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