Nuclear localization signal and protein context both mediate importin α specificity of nuclear import substrates

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8697-8709

  Friedrich, Beate ^a   Quensel, Christina ^a   Sommer, Thomas ^a   Hartmann, Enno ^b   Köhler, Matthias ^a,c,d  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^d Center for Nephrology and Hypertension   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA3; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN; PROTEIN RCC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845196953     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00708-06     Document Type: Article

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