Tryptophans 286 and 288 in the C-terminal Region of Protein B23.1 are Important for Its Nucleolar Localization

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2239-2242

  Nishimura, Yuki ^a   Ohkubo, Takeshi ^a,b   Furuichi, Yukio ^a   Umekawa, Hayato ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nucleolar localization; Nucleolar protein; Protein B23; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOLUS; POINT MUTATION; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOMERISM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RATS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 1842858997     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2239     Document Type: Article

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