The nuclear transport machinery in Caenorhabditis elegans: A central role in morphogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 576-581

  Adam, Stephen A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Importin; Karyopherin; Nuclear transport; Nucleoporin; Ran

Indexed keywords

IMA 2 PROTEIN; IMA 3 PROTEIN; IMB 1 PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEOPORIN; RAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649445869     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.03.013     Document Type: Review

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