Leishmania donovani Ran-GTPase interacts at the nuclear rim with linker histone H1

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-374

  Smirlis, Despina ^a   Boleti, Haralabia ^a   Gaitanou, Maria ^a   Soto, Manuel ^b   Soteriadou, Ketty ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Chromosomal gradient; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF); Leishmania; Linker histone H1; Ran GTPase

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CELL-CYCLE PROGRESSION; GROWTH DEFECTS; HISTONE H3; IN-VITRO; LEISHMANIA; LINKER HISTONES; MAMMALIAN COUNTERPARTS; MITOTIC SPINDLE; MULTIPLE CELLULAR PROCESS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE-EXCHANGE FACTOR; OVER-EXPRESSION; PARASITE-; PROMASTIGOTES; S-PHASE;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; MAMMALS; NUCLEOTIDES; POSITIVE IONS;

PROTEINS;

HISTONE H1; RAN PROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTONES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFECTION;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 73149091004     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090576     Document Type: Article

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