Systematic mutagenesis of the functional domains of AIRE reveals their role in intracellular targeting

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 3299-3308

  Ramsey, Chris ^a   Bukrinsky, Alex ^a   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; POLYPEPTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037115481     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/11.26.3299     Document Type: Article

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