title: Isolation and characterization of two importin-beta genes from rice.
abstract: The nuclear transport of proteins is mediated by the complex of importin-alpha and importin-beta. We isolated two cDNAs encoding importin-beta from rice. A rice importin-beta was demonstrated to interact with rice GST-importin-alpha fusion proteins. The presence of two importin-beta genes was shown for the first time among a variety of eukaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D018744:DNA, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006801:Humans; D028884:Karyopherins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D028884:Karyopherins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins