Importin α/β and Ran-GTP Regulate XCTK2 Microtubule Binding Through a Bipartite Nuclear Localization Signal

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-57

  Ems McClung, Stephanie C ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^b   Walczak, Claire E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KINESIN; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XCTK2 KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0346099347     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0454     Document Type: Article

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