Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of soluble tubulin in mammalian cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1111-1118

  Akoumianaki, Tonia ^a   Kardassis, Dimitris ^a,b   Polioudaki, Hara ^a   Georgattos, Spyros D ^c,d   Theodoropoulos, Panayiotis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d ITE   (Greece)

Author keywords

tubulin; Histones; Nuclear export; Subcellular distribution; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; EXPORTIN 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; LAMIN B RECEPTOR; LEPTOMYCIN B; NOCODAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL RECEPTOR; HETEROCHROMATIN SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP 1; HETEROCHROMATIN-SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP-1; HISTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; ACETYLATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MAMMALIA; NES;

ACETYLATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; KINETICS; NOCODAZOLE; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNALS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 66849143511     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.043034     Document Type: Article

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