Nuclear protein import

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 412-419

  Görlich, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0040182590     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80015-4     Document Type: Article

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