Structure of importin-α bound to a non-classical nuclear localization signal of the influenza A virus nucleoprotein

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Nakada, Ryohei ^a   Hirano, Hidemi ^a   Matsuura, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; NP PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

3T3 CELL LINE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 84943763520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15055     Document Type: Article

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