The subcellular localization of MEK and ERK-A novel nuclear translocation signal (NTS) paves a way to the nucleus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-220

  Zehorai, Eldar ^a   Yao, Zhong ^a   Plotnikov, Alexander ^a   Seger, Rony ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

ERK; MAPK cascades; MEK; Raf; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

A RAF KINASE; B RAF KINASE; BETA ARRESTIN; KARYOPHERIN; LIM KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; PAXILLIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN C FOS; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR PORE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAF KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 71849119627     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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