Localization of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II Tax protein is dependent upon a nuclear localization determinant in the N-terminal region

Gene

Volumn 365, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 119-124

  Turci, Marco ^a   Romanelli, Maria Grazia ^a   Lorenzi, Pamela ^a   Righi, Paola ^a   Bertazzoni, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular localization; HTLV; NLS; Nuclear import

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TAX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2;

EID: 31744452355     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.09.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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