Concentration of Ran on chromatin induces decondensation, nuclear envelope formation and nuclear pore complex assembly

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 623-633

  Zhang, Chuanmao ^a,b   Golderg, Martin W ^c   Moore, William J ^a   Allen, Terence D ^c   Clarke, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Nuclear envelope; Ram; RCCI; Xenopus egg extracts

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHC1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RCC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 1842835691     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00288     Document Type: Article

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