Nuclear import time and transport efficiency depend on importin β concentration

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 951-961

  Yang, Weidong ^a   Musser, Siegfried M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PORE; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749023069     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200605053     Document Type: Article

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