Structural basis of importin-α-mediated nuclear transport for Ku70 and Ku80

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 412, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-234

  Takeda, Agnes A S ^a   De Barros, Andrea C ^a   Chang, Chiung Wen ^b   Kobe, Boštjan ^b   Fontes, Marcos R M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA repair proteins; importin ; Ku70 and Ku80 proteins; nuclear import pathway; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

HETERODIMER; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; KU ANTIGEN; KU80 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 80052038304     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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