Interferon γ is recognised by importin α/β: Enhanced nuclear localising and transactivation activities of an interferon γ mimetic

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1569-1574

  Fulcher, Alex J ^a   Ahmed, Chulbul M I ^b   Noon Song, Ezra N ^b   Kwan, Rain Y Q ^a   Subramaniam, Prem S ^b   Johnson, Howard M ^b   Jans, David A ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; GAS promoter activity; Importin; Interferon gamma; Nuclear protein import

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 43049183453     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.03.054     Document Type: Article

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