Dynamic trafficking of STAT5 depends on an unconventional nuclear localization signal

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3333-3343

  Shin, Ha Youn ^a   Reich, Nancy C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear export; Nuclear import; STAT5

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA; PROLACTIN; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

NUCLEAR EXPORT; NUCLEAR IMPORT; STAT5;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CASEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84883337867     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.123042     Document Type: Article

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