Evidence for distinct substrate specificities of importin α family members in nuclear protein import

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 7782-7791

  Köhler, Matthias ^a,b   Speck, Christian ^c   Christiansen, Marret ^c   Bischoff, F Ralf ^d   Prehn, Siegfried ^c   Haller, Hermann ^a   Görlich, Dirk ^d   Hartmann, Enno ^b,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0039612732     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.11.7782     Document Type: Article

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