The role of the nuclear transport system in cell differentiation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-599

  Yasuhara, Noriko ^a   Oka, Masahiro ^b   Yoneda, Yoshihiro ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear transport; Transport factor

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; NUCLEOPORIN 358; NUCLEOPORIN 98; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67649452381     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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