Importin β contains a COOH-terminal nucleoporin binding region important for nuclear transport

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Bednenko, Janna ^a   Cingolani, Gino ^a   Gerace, Larry ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Importin ; Nuclear import; Nucleoporin; Ran; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEOPORIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACIDS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOWN-REGULATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0041731883     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303085     Document Type: Article

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