Calmodulin-dependent nuclear import of HMG-box family nuclear factors: Importance of the role of SRY in sex reversal

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Delluc Clavieres, Aurelie ^a   Poon, Ivan K H ^a   Forwood, Jade K ^a   Glover, Dominic J ^a   Jans, David A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology and Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; High mobility group box (HMG box); Nuclear transport; Sex determining region on the Y chromosome (SRY); SRY related HMG box (SOX); XY sex reversal

Indexed keywords

HIGH-MOBILITY GROUPS; NUCLEAR TRANSPORT; SRY-RELATED HMG BOX (SOX); XY SEX REVERSAL; Y CHROMOSOMES;

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAMS;

CALMODULIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP N1 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; CALMIDAZOLIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KPNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRY GENE; WILD TYPE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS, 46,XY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HMGN1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MICE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN;

EID: 77955492944     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091758     Document Type: Article

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