Structural Basis of High-Affinity Nuclear Localization Signal Interactions with Importin-α

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Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 532-548

  Marfori, Mary ^a   Lonhienne, Thierry G ^a   Forwood, Jade K ^b   Kobe, Bostjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBP80; Importin ; NLS; Nucleocytoplasmic transport

Indexed keywords

BIMAX1; BIMAX2; CAP BINDING PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR CAP-BINDING PROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84858294567     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: 16000854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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