Molecular basis for specificity of nuclear import and prediction of nuclear localization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1813, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1562-1577

  Marfori, Mary ^a   Mynott, Andrew ^b,c   Ellis, Jonathan J ^a   Mehdi, Ahmed M ^a   Saunders, Neil F W ^a,e   Curmi, Paul M ^a   Forwood, Jade K ^d   Bodén, Mikael ^a   Kobe, Bostjan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Importin karyopherin ; Importin karyopherin 1; Nuclear localization; Nuclear localization sequence (NLS); Nucleo cytoplasmic transport; Prediction of nuclear localization; Transportin 1 karyopherin 2

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN; NUCLEOPORIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; REV PROTEIN; SCRAMBLASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; BINDING SITES; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

EID: 79960928189     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.10.013     Document Type: Review

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