Dual nuclear import mechanisms of sex determining factor SRY: Intracellular Ca2+ as a switch

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 665-675

  Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Jans, David A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Importin; NLS; Nuclear localization; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; IMPORTIN BETA1; KARYOPHERIN BETA; RAN PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HMG-BOX DOMAINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN;

EID: 79551629667     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-173351     Document Type: Article

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