Karyopherin α7 (KPNA7), a divergent member of the importin α family of nuclear import receptors

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kelley, Joshua B ^a   Talley, Ashley M ^a   Spencer, Adam ^a   Gioeli, Daniel ^b   Paschal, Bryce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA2; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA7; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEOPLASMIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA 2; KPNA7 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STRAIN LNCAP; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; STEADY STATE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEOPLASMINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77955375151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-63     Document Type: Article

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