Fluctuation-based imaging of nuclear Rac1 activation by protein oligomerisation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hinde, Elizabeth ^a,c   Yokomori, Kyoko ^b   Gaus, Katharina ^c   Hahn, Klaus M ^d   Gratton, Enrico ^a  

^a Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA 2; PROTEIN BINDING; RAC1 PROTEIN;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84922860464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04219     Document Type: Article

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