The importin β/importin 7 heterodimer is a functional nuclear import receptor for histone H1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2411-2423

  Jäkel, Stefan ^a   Albig, Werner ^b   Kutay, Ulrike ^a   Bischoff, F Ralf ^c   Schwamborn, Klaus ^b   Doenecke, Detlef ^b   Görlich, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histones; Importin ; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear transport; RanBP7

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DIMER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HISTONE H1; KARYOPHERIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MAMMAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIMERIZATION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HISTONES; KARYOPHERINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; XENOPUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242582629     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2411     Document Type: Article

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