A novel class of RanGTP binding proteins

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-80

  Görlich, Dirk ^a   Dabrowski, Marylena ^a,b,g   Bischoff, F Ralf ^c   Kutay, Ulrike ^a   Bork, Peer ^b,d   Hartmann, Enno ^b   Prehn, Siegfried ^e   Izaurralde, Elisa ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g Max Delbruck Zentrum F Molec Med   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842300384     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.1.65     Document Type: Article

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