The small GTPase Ran: Interpreting the signs

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-344

  Quimby, B Booth ^a   Dasso, Mary ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN BETA; RAN PROTEIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038699131     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00046-2     Document Type: Review

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