Human mRNA cap methyltransferase: Alternative nuclear localization signal motifs ensure nuclear localization required for viability

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2644-2649

  Shafer, Beth ^a   Chu, Chun ^a   Shatkin, Aaron J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MEASUREMENT; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 15044364768     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.7.2644-2649.2005     Document Type: Article

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