Importin α: A multipurpose nuclear-transport receptor

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 505-514

  Goldfarb, David S ^a   Corbett, Anita H ^b   Mason, D Adam ^a   Harreman, Michelle T ^b   Adam, Stephen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 4444291705     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2004.07.016     Document Type: Review

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