Nuclear import and export of proteins: The molecular basis for intracellular signaling

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Sekimoto, Toshihiro ^a   Yoneda, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nuclear export signal (NES); Nuclear localization signal (NLS); Nuclear pore targeting complex; Ran; Stat

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0344572679     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6101(98)00012-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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