The nuclear barrier is structurally and functionally highly responsive to glucocorticoids

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 935-942

  Shahin, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; GENE THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR PORE; VIRUSES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33748950666     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20464     Document Type: Review

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