Paired-type homeodomain transcription factors are imported into the nucleus by Karyopherin 13

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4824-4834

  Ploski, Jonathan E ^a   Shamsher, Monee K ^a,b   Radu, Aurelian ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN 13; RAN PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; EYE PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 2442642835     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.11.4824-4834.2004     Document Type: Article

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