Nuclear import of aristaless-related homeobox protein via its NLS1 regulates its transcriptional function

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 221-231

  Ye, Wenduo ^a   Lin, Wenbo ^a   Tartakoff, Alan M ^b   Ma, Qilin ^c   Tao, Tao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arx; Importin ; Nuclear localization signal; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84882613185     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-013-1706-7     Document Type: Article

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