Shuttling of SOX proteins

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-416

  Malki, Safia ^a   Boizet Bonhoure, Brigitte ^b   Poulat, Francis ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Importin ; Nuclear export signal; Nuclear localization signal; SOX protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 76549120447     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.09.020     Document Type: Review

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